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Think im Running on seven!?!

Old 07-04-2004, 03:11 AM
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today i started my car and it was idleing rough, when i started to drive the car was very, VERY unsmooth. more so than a normal camaro. so i thought to my self maybe it is the clutch because i recently got it replaced, that was ruled out after i saw that the battery meter was fluxtuating so what i think is that it is a bad spark plug/wire and one of the cylinders is down that is what is causing the shakyness at higher rpms because it is not a fluid transition to the transmission. am i making sence? does this sound correct? also i just got a new altinator about 3 months ago, i know its not that because the car still starts and runs.
Tommorow i am going to hopfully go to kragan, i say hopefully because tommorow is the 4th. thanks for future help!

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Old 07-04-2004, 10:55 AM
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If you have an induction timing light, I would hook it up to each plug wire and see if you see a significant drop in flahses between each wire. If so, that is your bad wire and/or plug. It could also be a bad terminal in the cap.
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Old 07-04-2004, 01:22 PM
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make sue a wire didnt come off the plug. it could be simple.
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When's the last time it had a tune up?
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Old 07-04-2004, 07:27 PM
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i decided it would be easier just to replace everything, (car, rotor, plugs, wires) i hopfully can get them today. thanks for the input
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