Plug wire arc'ing
#1
Plug wire arc'ing
I noticed underneath the hood last night that one of my plug wires was arc'ing..you can see the spark in the back on the drivers side, would this cause my car to miss and bog down like crazy
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#3
Was just wondering cause we changed the plugs and wires cause it had a bad miss and no power when you hit the gas, and now it's worse. I am praying it's not my opti..and it's just the wire, it's all the way in the back on the drivers side..you can see it when you look between the valve cover and that exhaust pipe looking thing
#5
I had tons of probs with my wires in my LT1 f-bods until I started replacing them with aftermarket (especially with headers). never had a prob once I started using accel and/or taylor wires. Use MSD's on the LSx 'vettes.
#7
ah. I should have specified. my taylors were over the valve cover / cut to fit. accels were standard routing.
#12
No more arc'ing...still have the really horrible miss though, can't step on it...can't even lay a patch of rubber, suffers to go up a hill. The whole car shakes when idiling...I've been leaning towards a distributor/oxygen sensor problem, it goes in the shop on Thursday, any suggestions before I throw money into the car?
#13
if you can see arcing at night, you need to replace the wires or plug before doing anything else. very likely culprit. also, fwiw, hit the boots with some dielectric grease when you put them on (they'll come off easier later and it'll help a little extra)
#15
I would hate to pay a shop for this job. Sounds like an Opti. Get a cap and opti from autozone and put it on. If it works then great, if not then return it.
If you bring it to the shop you are going to be paying them to do the same thing i bet...just throw parts at it.
If you bring it to the shop you are going to be paying them to do the same thing i bet...just throw parts at it.