so I followed that plug (Cylinder 4) wire back to the opti and i decided id just pull it out.. well without giving it barely any muscle it came out.. but the metal part stayed in the opti... you can see in the pic that the little metal thing thats supposed to be crimped around the wires in the plug wire is chillen in the opti.. so I guess that was a bad plug so Im pulling it.



only problem is that that could explain why I have been down on power but in the end.. the backfiring started friday after the tune up. So that covers one problem but not the other so Im still trying to figure it out.. im thinking o2 sensors but i wasnt smart enough to pull them and go for a drive before I did this so theres no telling now..

Now the question of the day is.. how the **** do i get that wire out? the wires run underneath some pipe below the alternator and i CANNOT get this thing out..

 

this day keeps getting better..
does anyone have a pic of how the passenger wires on OVC sets are supposed to be run? I read a thread about someone having trouble with the wires passing behind the pulleys like how mine was stuck until i just cut the damn thing and i read a bunch of guys saying thats why OVC wires are so awesome. this leads me to believe that even tho they are OVC wires they werent wired correctly the rest of the way.

Anyways, the plug wire i pulled that ripped wasnt even the cruddy one so even tho it was broken.. its not what i was trying to pull. So that means Im gonna be down two cylinders.. either way its going to the shop and im having them redo my plug wires. If someone can show me how your supposed to route those passenger side plug wires for the OVC setup I might be able to do it myself but the way they are run now.. i cant do it

 

okay last update.. I pull the plug wire from the port from the optispark for cylinder 4.. On the other end I find that I have pulled the plug wire connected to cylinder 2. So 2 and 4 were mixed up. I would guess that would do the backfiring.. now heres my problem..

How did I mix those up? I never took the wire out of the looms for the OVC set up.. theres no way I could have mixed those up unless I am magic now. Anywho, if someone can show me how to route the OVC wires im going out to buy new wires right now and maybe Ill be able to do it myself.

do you think i can drive to the shop on 6 cylinders and no o2s hooked up?

 

If you're going to drive on 6 cylinders then unplug the injectors to the missing cylinders otherwise you risk ruining your cat.

Getting the plug wires out of the loom on the passenger side really isn't that hard. Just remove the bolts to the power steering pump, but don't disconnect the plumbing to the pump. This will allow you enough room to get the wires in or out of the loom.

 

i dont have cats.. should I unplug them anyways?

 

well i drove to the shop on 6 cylinders and i gotta say it wasnt that much worse then before.. a little more rough a little slower.. I cant wait to see what a beast she is when shes all finished!