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Old 18-06-2005, 06:50 PM
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Hey peeps,

my car started acting up lately,

It drives and runs fine, when it's warm and it want to give it some stick above 3-4k rpm it starts to backfire and the engine light goes on. If I keep driving normal...ish...LOL it's fine.

Any ideas?

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Old 18-06-2005, 06:52 PM
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spark plugs, ht leads and crank sensor
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Old 18-06-2005, 06:53 PM
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Asensor fault by the sounds of it if the EM light is coming on!
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blue sensor @ the back of the head,phase sensor or map sensor faulty
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spark plugs, ht leads and crank sensor
might also pay you to check condition of dizzy cap + rotor arm
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Thanks guys, I'm going to check those things,
who's got the best prices for cap & rotor (just in case) I can get the spark plugs here.
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stu@MSD does em for a good price and im sure he will post em out too
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