iheartmyredcar

i cant view the pic. it says i dont have permission. you can email it to me if you cant post it here. avalentin15@hotmail.com

187sks

Really? You can't see the attached pic? I'll put it on photobucket and look into that problem. Can other people see it?

187sks

remove the spark plug cover and check that the wires are on tight. Check the coil side of the plug wires. Check the plugs going into both coils. Check the TPS plug on the throttle body, check the MAF plug.

Red circles with arrows pointing up: remove spark plug cover.
Top red circle is the plug wires at the coil packs.
Bottom red circle is the coil packs.
Red arrow pointing to the 2 plugs going to the coil packs.
Left blue circle is the TPS sensor under the cover it appears. It'll be the one furthest to the right in this pic, the one a little to it's left is the IAC valve.
The blue oval is the MAF.

Overall unless there's an obvious problem a scanner will tell you a lot more.

iheartmyredcar

thanks so much for the help. i will do all this tomorrow

187sks

No problem at all. I'll be gone tomorrow but if you have any trouble my cell number is in the Mod forum.

03-accent-03

Check that your spark plugs are in tight and that the wires are making good connection.

ZKend

i had a similar problem, a tune up cleared it up. new NGK plugs and wires

iheartmyredcar

i have NGK wires and plugs. new at 30,000.

Bullfrog

I had my tib to that to me and it was a spark plug wire that went. It started every so often that the car would cut out and hesitate and the one day on the way to work BOOM, wire goes out...

jkrswld

Even with only 11xxx since a tuneup, I'd still probably check out the plugs and just have a look to make sure they're not fouled. As far as the wires you can always park somewhere nice and dark and pop the hood while the car is running. If you see sparks coming out of the wires at all (it'll look like lightning) then you know you need new wires smile.gif

I'd also probably get the fuel filter changed - Its a bit earlier than the factory spec but fuel filters are something that can be changed whenever - you never know when you've pumped some fuel just after a tanker left and stirred up sediment or otherwise got some lower quality fuel and got some extra crud in your filter.

It does also sound like it could potentially be an air-flow meter as well - which they do make a cleaner for (its about $10 for spray that you'll have TONS left over). They'll charge an hour's labor to clean your meter at a shop using the same exact spray...

To be sure you're checking everything correctly please feel free to don the costume again and take some pics along the way banana.gif