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Old May 25, 2017 | 12:33 PM
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Default Rough Idle, Lumpy on throttle load

MSM decided to not work today. Drove fine last night.

Car has a rough idle. When I rev it up to about 2k rpms in park it'll hold but stumble and drop rpm randomly. When I drive around in 1st gear it seems fine until I give it more throttle then it stumbles. Under any heavy load it'll stumble and sound like a subaru. Not sure if it's running rich or lean, injectors or ignition.

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Side note, I did fill up with gas yesterday before coming home... possible I got some bad gas?

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Old May 25, 2017 | 01:15 PM
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Data logs would help us help you.
Old May 25, 2017 | 01:26 PM
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Data logs would help us help you.
Cute, no logs bro. OEM computer.
Old May 25, 2017 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Girz0r
in park
You have an auto?
Old May 25, 2017 | 02:21 PM
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Pull and inspect plugs. If nothing conclusive pull wires off one at a time and see which cylinder makes the least difference.
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Originally Posted by Girz0r
Side note, I did fill up with gas yesterday before coming home... possible I got some bad gas?
Evap problem? does it run any better with the cap off?
Old May 25, 2017 | 02:28 PM
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Did you overfill the tank?

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Old May 25, 2017 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by sixshooter
Pull and inspect plugs. If nothing conclusive pull wires off one at a time and see which cylinder makes the least difference.
I will check.

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Evap problem? does it run any better with the cap off?
I'll have to try that, not sure if that'll be it.

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Did you overfill the tank?
Nope, only put in 4 1/2 gallons. Went to a friends around the corner and drove home 2 or 3 miles and parked. Started up fine, gave it throttle to pull out and it turned into a subaru.
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Alrighty, so either an injector is stuck open or the coil is not firing. Running rich.

Pulled a p0302 for cylinder 2 misfire.

I won't be able to inspect plugs until later. I'm going to swap the coil packs and see if I can get it to misfire on another cylinder.




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