Huge misfiring problem. Did I damage the valves?
#1
Huge misfiring problem. Did I damage the valves?
My car has developed this intermittent miss in the last week or so. It is very particular. For instance, I was leaving a stoplight today and it was missing badly, then all of a sudden it cleared up and I took off. Other times it has been missing while I was cruising for a few seconds then it just clears up all of a sudden. Then sometimes it will just miss for a split second and then clear up. what is my problem?
#4
Re: Huge misfiring problem. Did I damage the valves?
I have same wires I observed very intense sparks from boot to header in the dark. If there is no arcing/etc. a faulty spark plug can produce same effect. It can foul itself on rich idle, open loop, etc., but can clean itself out enough to produce spark in different driving conditions.
#5
Re: Huge misfiring problem. Did I damage the valves?
What would I be experiencing if I actually burned a valve? I would assume that a burned valve would not produce an intermittent miss. Since it is physical damage, I just think that the misfire would remain constant. I just hope so. Someone please educate me.
#7
Re: Huge misfiring problem. Did I damage the valves?
My concern really is that I am not using header gaskets and there is carbon where the headers are leaking a little. I'm afraid that is a tell-tale sign that I sucked air in and burned the valves.
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