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Old 06-22-2019, 09:28 AM   #1
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Default Misfire at 6500rpm after dyno tune and lots of rain

Well a little stumped and figured may as well ask for some help before throwing parts at the car.

Car is an 01 legacy b4 rev c automatic. Primary downpipe and center pipe decat. Dw65c fuel pump. Zerosports intake pipe with apexi filter. 3 inch catback.

Just got the car back from being dyno tuned yesterday (Friday). Tune was finished on Wednesday. Was tuned using project lambda open source.

It was raining insanely hard yesterday on my drive home which is about an hour away from the shop, so I didn't get much chance to boost it or anything. But before getting on the Highway I did a quick 1st to 2nd Wot and it was fine.

After I got off the Highway I filled up the tank and headed home the rest of the way. Car seemed okay til I went to go wot again and it was boosting low around 7psi on primary and 12 on secondary and misfiring at 6k as if it was redlining.

This morning it was still wet out but the car boosted 10psi on primary and 14 on secondary but still misfired at 65k this time.

Looking for any suggestions. Theres no codes or CEL and Like I said the car didn't do it for the tuner and didn't do it until after all the rain on the Highway and after I filled up.

Gas mileage was amazing on the way home yesterday as well. 100km and barely moved the hand. Since the refill have done 30km and it's moved a whole notch.

Vacuum reads fine, and the car drives fine other than lack of power and misfiring.

Thinking maybe a wet coil pack that's on its way or maybe even a bad batch of gas. Plugs were changed around 20-30k ago with ngk pfr6b plugs

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Old 06-22-2019, 05:42 PM   #2
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Is this the first time the car was pushed a bit? Did tuner raise boost pressure vs what you had before? Sounds like ignition, but you never really know until you start replacing parts. I would start with new spark plugs maybe one step colder and properly gapped. Make sure coils have a firm connection to plugs....maybe add a touch of dielectric grease and then zip tie them on tight. If that doesn't help I would look for a loose ground and then look for boost leaks. Can be as simple as a torn intake at this mileage. Hopefully you did normal maintanence such as fuel filter before the dyno tune. Making more power than designed for will always have these hiccups unless you take the car off the road and do all normal maintenance first.
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Old 06-23-2019, 05:51 AM   #3
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Is this the first time the car was pushed a bit? Did tuner raise boost pressure vs what you had before? Sounds like ignition, but you never really know until you start replacing parts. I would start with new spark plugs maybe one step colder and properly gapped. Make sure coils have a firm connection to plugs....maybe add a touch of dielectric grease and then zip tie them on tight. If that doesn't help I would look for a loose ground and then look for boost leaks. Can be as simple as a torn intake at this mileage. Hopefully you did normal maintanence such as fuel filter before the dyno tune. Making more power than designed for will always have these hiccups unless you take the car off the road and do all normal maintenance first.
Have pushed the car before, but it was 2 years ago that it was on a dyno last. Definitely agree that its most likely ignition. Changed the fuel filter a couple months ago and the oil right before the tune.

Tuner upped the boost a little but most of the map changes were for ignition and fueling. They never experienced any misfiring or issues when it was on the dyno for the power runs and they street tested it that night as well I guess. Only seemed to have issues after I got home off the Highway and got gas.

Have added water remover to the tank just to see if that helps. And I have 2 new maf sensors at home so gonna give that a shot just to see tonight.

If not I'll order new coils just for piece of mind and replace the plugs.
Not thinking its a boost leak as they smoke tested it before the dyno and only found one vacuum nipple leaking and fixed that. And a weld on the intercooler piping that was fixed as well.
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Old 06-23-2019, 12:37 AM   #4
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Get new plugs and check ignition coils
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Old 06-23-2019, 10:26 AM   #5
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I would be easy on boost and run that tank out and refill somewhere else. Sounds like bad gas. Waaayyyyy too coincidental that it was fine until that new gas.
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Old 06-23-2019, 11:15 AM   #6
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yeah hoping that is the case. I've added STP Water Remover, and I'm gonna run it dry and see if it helps when I fill it up next.

Going to try the new MAF Sensors as well, and order the coils so even if they aren't bad I atleast have them for when they do go.
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Old 06-23-2019, 02:31 PM   #7
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Make sure to gap to .025 on the plugs.
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Old 06-23-2019, 02:41 PM   #8
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Make sure to gap to .025 on the plugs.
factory gap for the ej206 is meant to be 0.65mm

edit - sorry my dumba** wasn't converting inches to mm
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Old 06-23-2019, 02:55 PM   #9
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factory gap for the ej206 is meant to be 0.65mm

edit - sorry my dumba** wasn't converting inches to mm
I've found there's a big difference in getting a random misfire with .030 vs .025.
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Old 06-24-2019, 03:16 PM   #10
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I've found there's a big difference in getting a random misfire with .030 vs .025.
May have to give that a go! Going one step colder on the plug this time as well with a ngk pfr7b. Ordered four new Delphi packs so I'm really hoping this solves it. Only got to do one pull on the new tune.

Tried the maf sensor yesterday and that changed nothing.
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Old 06-24-2019, 07:44 PM   #11
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Default Intake filter?

I have had issues with a old/dirty intake not blocking water well. Anytime it would rain it would suck in water causing bogging of the motor/ misfire type sensation upon wot or even slight acceleration to get up to speed. If you have an older Intake filter i would say re-place that and try.
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Old 06-25-2019, 01:17 AM   #12
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Everytime this happens to my car its the maf sensor being dirty. I spray it with maf sensor cleaner and she goes back to normal. I think that's the easiest thing to try, plus it's good to do anyway. A dirty maf never triggers a cel on my car. A ignition issue always has triggered a flashing cel when missfire is ocurring in my ecperience.

Ok saw that you tried the maf already. The other likely cause is a bad coil pack. If you have a buddy with a good coil packs swap them all and see if it goes away. If not order a good one and try swaping 1 by 1.

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Old 06-25-2019, 10:45 AM   #13
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Everytime this happens to my car its the maf sensor being dirty. I spray it with maf sensor cleaner and she goes back to normal. I think that's the easiest thing to try, plus it's good to do anyway. A dirty maf never triggers a cel on my car. A ignition issue always has triggered a flashing cel when missfire is ocurring in my ecperience.

Ok saw that you tried the maf already. The other likely cause is a bad coil pack. If you have a buddy with a good coil packs swap them all and see if it goes away. If not order a good one and try swaping 1 by 1.
yeah had two new maf sensors at home so gave those a go, was really hoping they would fix it lol. Yeah didn't have friends local with coils that would work to try, so I just ordered 4 delphi coils from rockauto and pfr7b plugs. Hoping this solves it.

Its an OBD1 car still, and I've found whenever somethings wrong it takes about 600km for a light and code to come on. Had a bad o2 sensor last year and just reset the code and it didnt come back for another 600km... pretty bad haha
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Old 06-25-2019, 11:44 AM   #14
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Try these ignition coils if you haven't bought replacement already.

http://www.offthelineperformance.com...ry&path=56_176
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if your still having a problem check your plug connections cuz over the years of messing with plugs and coil packs the wires probably pretty janky or atleast the insulator around the wire is crap and lets the elements inside
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if your still having a problem check your plug connections cuz over the years of messing with plugs and coil packs the wires probably pretty janky or atleast the insulator around the wire is crap and lets the elements inside
Well just changed out the coils and the plugs to a step colder with the ngk pfr7b. And my issue is still persisting. Car did feel a little smoother but still only hitting 10psi primary and 14 secondary and misfiring at 6500
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Well just changed out the coils and the plugs to a step colder with the ngk pfr7b. And my issue is still persisting. Car did feel a little smoother but still only hitting 10psi primary and 14 secondary and misfiring at 6500
Did you replace all four coils with brand new ones?
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Did you replace all four coils with brand new ones?
yeah all four with delphi coilpacks. issue is still the exact same, no better or worse. called the shop that tuned it and neither the owner or tuner were in, and neither are replying to my messages now. Guy at the shop is saying the issue is still there due to me using delphis and not oem diamond coil packs. If that was the case though I would imagine that it would be different now at least
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yeah all four with delphi coilpacks. issue is still the exact same, no better or worse. called the shop that tuned it and neither the owner or tuner were in, and neither are replying to my messages now. Guy at the shop is saying the issue is still there due to me using delphis and not oem diamond coil packs. If that was the case though I would imagine that it would be different now at least
Why Delphi over OEM?
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Old 07-04-2019, 04:44 AM   #20
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Well update... Got a tuner who did etunes for me before look at the map and the tuner who did my dyno tune lowered the boost and didn't tell me. and the rev limiter he lowered by accident... Map has been changed and it doesn't misfire at 6500 now. Still has a little bit of a rough idle after driving for a while and letting it set in park. But my ecu has been reset like 15 times in the past 2 weeks so hopefully idle just needs to relearn
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