Problem Bigger Than First Thought
Problem Bigger Than First Thought
Heres The story:
My roommate and I were driving down the high way one night when all of a sudden I lost power in all gears. and had a few sparks fly from under the car, The car would not accelerate at all. So I pulled over and turned the car over. Looked under the car and the first inch or so before the CAT was glowing read. We gave it a few minutes - Started the car back up and got about another 2 miles or so before I got the same thing again, with the exceptions of sparks. This time it wouldnt start back up. I finally got around to cutting the CAT off and still got nothing. We assumed it was melted and wouldnt start. Well That didnt help any either.
About two weeks prior I had put bad gas into the car - and had a ton of trouble figuring that problem out too. We changed the injectors for some my buddy had and the problem went away and drove fine. I dont know if that had anything to do with it not starting now but I figured Id mention it.
Any Ideas what to do/try now?
My roommate and I were driving down the high way one night when all of a sudden I lost power in all gears. and had a few sparks fly from under the car, The car would not accelerate at all. So I pulled over and turned the car over. Looked under the car and the first inch or so before the CAT was glowing read. We gave it a few minutes - Started the car back up and got about another 2 miles or so before I got the same thing again, with the exceptions of sparks. This time it wouldnt start back up. I finally got around to cutting the CAT off and still got nothing. We assumed it was melted and wouldnt start. Well That didnt help any either.
About two weeks prior I had put bad gas into the car - and had a ton of trouble figuring that problem out too. We changed the injectors for some my buddy had and the problem went away and drove fine. I dont know if that had anything to do with it not starting now but I figured Id mention it.
Any Ideas what to do/try now?
Its pretty cold out - and Im in dorms so there isnt a place to pull the car to stay warm so I'll check out the plugs tommorow. The injectors we put in the car are temporary and were pulled out of a Impala - Would that cause the car to run lean? Before the bad gas incident the car ran fine so I dont know what else would have caused it to run lean.
I pulled one of the plugs and took some pictures. Tommorow I will check for spark but take a look and let me know if you think anything.
Ugly Plugs
Ugly Plugs
Originally posted by HighFlyinZ
They came out of an Impala - What # are Impala Injectors/ and what # are Stock Camaro?
They came out of an Impala - What # are Impala Injectors/ and what # are Stock Camaro?
Originally posted by RMC
Pull the easiest spark plug you can get to and report on it's condition/color. That may confirm if the engine was running too lean to cause the glowing.
Pull the easiest spark plug you can get to and report on it's condition/color. That may confirm if the engine was running too lean to cause the glowing.


