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Engine need help fast running on three cylinders

Discussion in 'Powertrain' started by toyotaspeed90, Jan 11, 2005.

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    e_andree E

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    Now you're just backtracking.
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    ok ok that is true, so i didnt know how to check the spark on the plugs...but i was told by a good buddy of mine that the car sounded like his when it wasnt running on all cylinders, he wouldnt just say that either, he infered that because of the engine code my car was throwing was, "Cylinder Misfire chamber 2" so we checked the plugs and they were chared, evidently enough the chared plugs were "normal" according to the service people.
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    red 03 corolla s Guest

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    also this is a list of all the things done to my car

    AEM pullies
    TRD intake
    cat back exhaust
    EL header
    VENOM nitrous which yes i havent run yet only because of the weather winter in NY and the part i need is a fuel line 3 1/2 feet long, wont bother getting it until spring
    uhh....o man idk i guess thats about it


    had it installed in October, so really it was four months :)
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    Cool that you can admit when you're wrong. But cars misfire on their cylinders often....not too often, but they do. One misfire doesnt mean you are only running on 3 cylinders.

    A misfire can mean that you have a bad fuel injector.
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    its all in your additude...you know i really dont want to start arguments i just dont like being shot down, and in fact im really not that upset with you, its civiceater posting a response that i wrote in his signature that bothers me, thats distastefull

    yeah i think that im going to get my injectors cleaned just for the hell of it
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    well it was just that we told you how to check..... told you even though we figured you would take it to a dealership..... and then you say we aren't helping.....

    also, i wouldn't trust the dealership
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    yeah i dont trust the dealership thats why i wanted to ask you guys first...its really weird cause i took my car into the shop 4 days ago for an oil change...and yet all these problems mysteriously start occuring...coincidence? i think not!
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    i thought we were all here to help each other out not yell at someone just because they were being an idiot... im not really defending anyone but comeon.
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    hey man im over it...i will admit i made a mistake when reading someone elses posts, needless to say i am human and i like everyone else i make mistakes
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    if anything you should get the signal from cylinder 2...... unless it's the positive signal then it doesn't matter......
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    Well, you wrote this, after I had told you what to do. Thats why my attitude towards this post changed.
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    i've had the name CivicEater for a very long time.. what, should i change it to &quot;YugoEater&quot; now that i have the xA?<br />
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    i can GUARANTEE if you brought your car out to autoX on 2/27 that i'd hand your ass to you.. so before you talk shit about the car or the driver, you'd better stop and think.. you ended up in my signature for NOT stopping and thinking before you typed.<br />
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    now.. get your panties out of your ass crack and get on with your little life.
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    heh, i guess YOU think it's cool that i put other people's quotes in my signature, otherwise you wouldn't have said so. i never said i thought it was cool.. i thought it was funny as hell that you tried to correct my spelling tho..
    my cool buddy what?
    then get your ass to the scion dealer.

    i'm sorry your mommy didn't have an abortion!

    i doubt it....
    see, right after you said "that's all i'm going to say" you continued to give me more amunition.. that was a bad idea..

    awww i'm sorry! i think you tarnished your name on your own pretty well..

    HELP! MY CAR IS RUNNING ON 3 CYLINDERS!!! WELL.. NOT REALLY, IT'S JUST MY GUESS...
    you're gonna become the "gumby" of vvti arent ya?
    http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1703095&page=1


    i think it's best if you just avoid trying to "show me up" anymore.. if you used more "polished" words, maybe your "tarnished name" would go away heheh.
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    Where Is The Love???/
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    thats what ended up being the case for me.....well a little different you see in order to hook up my N02, you have to splice wires from the n02 ecu into the fuel rail. what ended up happening is that the splices were not installed properly and that one of the fuel wires was not getting a signal...
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    Sucks that you have no more warranty on your engine....
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    You're spraying nitrogen dioxide..?
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    fight, fight, fight lol
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    red 03 corolla s Guest

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    i know man i thought that maybe i could take the kit out next time a brought it into the shop, but the splices into the fuel rail and TPS are...well....permenent <img src="http://vvti.net/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Frown" />
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    e_andree E

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    Too late. Its already on record.
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    bring it to another toyota dealership. each dealership has there own history record.
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    e_andree E

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    Really? VW has linked histories....
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    yeah...they can check all histories on dealercentral.net...

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