Misfire at high RPMs
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Misfire at high RPMs
My car has been misfiring at higher RPMs recently, starting around 6000rpms or so, and seems more prominent in higher gears (not noticeable in 1st and rarely in 2nd). I also noticed that this seems to coincide with a significant drop in oil pressure on my stock '90 gauge. I'm curious how the 2 could be related. I know the gauges aren't known for their accuracy and it doesn't seem like a misfire would be a symptom of an oil pump failure (maybe I'm wrong). I'm wondering if it's possibly something electrical?
This is on my turbo'd '90 with a '95 motor, MSPNP.
Things I've done since the problem emerged:
replaced fuel pump
changed the fuel filter
changed plugs
regapped plugs
pulled timing
leaned out and richened fuel curve
installed a larger battery
pulled and reseated injectors
added coil on plugs
flashed firmware on megasquirt and loaded basemap
checked as many grounds as I can find
removed the wastegate actuator so it runs NA
adjusted the boost from the wastegate (~8psi) to 15psi
pulled the motor to install rods, shaved head and new headgasket.
The problem continues after each thing has been changed, nothing affected the miss at all. I figured I'd post up, see if anyone had any ideas or suggestions. I'm kinda running out of things to try. I'll go out and datalog it to post up in a few min.
This is on my turbo'd '90 with a '95 motor, MSPNP.
Things I've done since the problem emerged:
replaced fuel pump
changed the fuel filter
changed plugs
regapped plugs
pulled timing
leaned out and richened fuel curve
installed a larger battery
pulled and reseated injectors
added coil on plugs
flashed firmware on megasquirt and loaded basemap
checked as many grounds as I can find
removed the wastegate actuator so it runs NA
adjusted the boost from the wastegate (~8psi) to 15psi
pulled the motor to install rods, shaved head and new headgasket.
The problem continues after each thing has been changed, nothing affected the miss at all. I figured I'd post up, see if anyone had any ideas or suggestions. I'm kinda running out of things to try. I'll go out and datalog it to post up in a few min.
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That had crossed my mind, but I pulled 5 deg of timing across the entire map and it continues to do the same thing. Also did the same thing on the basemap which is very conservative. Plugs show no signs of detonation and when I pulled the motor to put the rods in everything looked fine as well.
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Thanks for the advise. I put a new alternator on this morning, but it's still doing the same thing. I really appreciate the suggestion though. I think you guys may be onto something with the voltage drop, I went through some older logs and didn't see that same kind of drop.
If anyone thinks of something else to try, please throw it out there.
If anyone thinks of something else to try, please throw it out there.
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I had an extra alternator already so there wasn't any cost and after all the things I've already tried, I was more than willing to spend 30 minutes swapping it out to see if it helped.
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I had an extra alternator already so there wasn't any cost and after all the things I've already tried, I was more than willing to spend 30 minutes swapping it out to see if it helped.
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