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Old 04-18-2008, 08:50 AM   #1
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Question Misfire around 3000RPM???

Hey everyone,

I have run into some trouble recently and can't figure out the root cause as of yet. Here is the rundown of what is happening:

When i am driving normally, in any gear around 3000 RPM my car is stumbling. In some cases so much that I get a misfire CEL in cylinders 1 and 3. The stumbling only lasts between 2900RPM to about 3200RPM. Partial throttle I feel it big time, and in WOT I still get the stumble as well I recently noticed - but it's no where near as noticable. The car feels solid otherwise. Even cruising on the highway at about 70-75mph when my car is around 3000RPM you can hear it stumble - temporarily throwing a CEL without the cruise flashing.

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Buschur Racing 3inch Turbo Back Exhaust
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I just ordered new 1 step colder plugs thinking maybe the gaps were off, or since at one point I found my car to be running extremely rich that it could have fouled something. I am putting those in this afternoon. I was told it may be failing coilpacks as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Matt
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Old 04-18-2008, 02:24 PM   #2
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bump, any ideas ppl? all help would be greatly appreciated!
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Old 04-19-2008, 09:05 PM   #3
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maybe your coil packs. spray a little water on the coil packs and see if it acts up. or just swap the coils that are misfiring with ones that are not, see if the misfire jumps. if it does, then you need new coil packs.
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Old 04-20-2008, 04:27 PM   #4
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spray water on the coil packs? any more info on this? never heard of doin that b4 thx
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Old 04-20-2008, 04:41 PM   #5
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hmm thats pretty weird i see that **** on fords all the time hahahaha but never ona sub
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Old 04-20-2008, 05:04 PM   #6
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Coilpack probably....how does the big maf work for you? I had one for a while but never could get it to fit that great with my front mount and the silicone coupler leaves much to be desired..Also if in your ecu map there is a rich point or two that could cause a very slight hestitation or bog feeling. Let us know when you get it fixed..
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Old 04-21-2008, 09:31 AM   #7
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i replaced the coil pack on cylinder 3 and moved the others to see if anything would change its location, it didn't change anything. it still shows Cylinder 3 misfire. new spark plugs are in as well. is it possible a injector could be doing that?


the perrin big maf fit just great. i didnt get a coupler with it, i had 1 laying around that i used and it fit great
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Old 04-23-2008, 12:42 PM   #8
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bump.....
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Old 04-24-2008, 05:02 PM   #9
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crank case might b the issue? i think the pvc line is blocked.
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Old 04-24-2008, 07:45 PM   #10
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spray water on the coil packs? any more info on this? never heard of doin that b4 thx
you will see spark jumping. i used to do that on distruributor type to check them wires!
if you see jumping on the wire, it will be the wire or go to shop and they are going to check with scanner to see misfire data and misfire counts! on 3k rpm!
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Old 04-25-2008, 01:36 AM   #11
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My guess would be you have bad coil packs or they are cracked. Not sure if its the same, but in my maxima the same thing would happen.

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Old 08-07-2008, 05:29 PM   #12
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Fuel pressure issue it turns out.
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Old 08-08-2008, 01:01 PM   #13
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What about fuel pressure? Did you get it fixed?
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Old 08-12-2008, 04:53 PM   #14
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Please follow up. Did you replace the fuel pump?
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Old 09-29-2008, 05:57 PM   #15
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Hey sorry I forgot about this post! I didn't get it fixed. My friend bought the car and hes getting some parts together to swap to see if it fixes it. Sounds like the fuel rail or the regulator so far. I'll def post once we figure it out!
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I fixed a customer's car that had misfire issues. The problem was the AP fuel rails.
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Old 11-02-2008, 11:37 AM   #17
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I fixed a customer's car that had misfire issues. The problem was the AP fuel rails.
what did you do to fix it? Reinstall stock rails or go to another aftermarket? My friend just rebuilt his rebuilt motor (cracked cylinder) but this problem is still there. He has the AP fuel rails.
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Old 11-02-2008, 01:28 PM   #18
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Removed the rails and went back to stock. A shady local shop sold him a bunch of things he didnt need and did a poor job installing them. At first, I thought it may be due to the leaky fittings but after sealing everything up, the misfire was still there. I also did the obvious troubleshooting as well: new plugs, switched coil packs around, etc.

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what did you do to fix it? Reinstall stock rails or go to another aftermarket? My friend just rebuilt his rebuilt motor (cracked cylinder) but this problem is still there. He has the AP fuel rails.
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Old 11-03-2008, 04:46 PM   #19
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Do you have an open source cable? If so could you data log a short run where the problem exists?
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Old 12-09-2008, 10:52 AM   #20
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Removed the rails and went back to stock. A shady local shop sold him a bunch of things he didnt need and did a poor job installing them. At first, I thought it may be due to the leaky fittings but after sealing everything up, the misfire was still there. I also did the obvious troubleshooting as well: new plugs, switched coil packs around, etc.
We FINALLY decided to give the fuel rails a shot and I guess that was it. The stutter/misfire was gone as soon as we pulled out of my street. He hasn't thrown a CEL in over a week since the install.

Thanks for the info STIBungy!!!
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