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Tonight while driving up Deerfoot on my way to dinner the car got a little rough on me and started flashing a CEL. Further along it got REALLY rough but then smoothed out after it cooled a bit. On the way home it got right nasty again; it ran like the 1984 Nissan Diesel truck I bought over the weekend.
It felt a lot to me like a fouled plug. There was zippo power, mis-fires a plenty and it was rough. My first thought was that my 2 ranges colder plugs were a little too chilly and one had fouled with the rain.
Upon arriving home I popped the hood and saw that a coil-pack had popped right off. I thought it best that I should check the plug as well and once I pulled it out I discovered that there was ZERO tip left whatsoever. In fact the center tip was so gone that there was a 2-3 mm impression back in to the plug to where the tip originated. Fortunately I bought a number of extra plugs so I popped a new one in and all appears to be well.
Oddly too it was also down a litre of oil.
On the way home the GF was following me and said the car left quite a stink.
It felt a lot to me like a fouled plug. There was zippo power, mis-fires a plenty and it was rough. My first thought was that my 2 ranges colder plugs were a little too chilly and one had fouled with the rain.
Upon arriving home I popped the hood and saw that a coil-pack had popped right off. I thought it best that I should check the plug as well and once I pulled it out I discovered that there was ZERO tip left whatsoever. In fact the center tip was so gone that there was a 2-3 mm impression back in to the plug to where the tip originated. Fortunately I bought a number of extra plugs so I popped a new one in and all appears to be well.
Oddly too it was also down a litre of oil.
On the way home the GF was following me and said the car left quite a stink.
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