Thursday, February 21, 2008

Starting - Accelerating problems


Question:

'99 Acura Integra GSR 97,000miles. The problem started with what i thought was just bad spark plugs. The car would occasionally misfire when i gave it gas. I changed the spark plugs and the misfiring increased and the car became almost impossible to start. I pulled the plugs and checked the gaps again and the plugs where dark and saturated with fuel. I also noticed while trying to start it again several minutes later that you can smell strong gas almost immediately after trying to start it. it seems to idle fine when it does start, but as soon as you tap the gas it either stalls are comes close to it. It has good spark also.

Answer:

Just a thought, but plugs wires come to mind. Especially when you said it ran worse after the new plugs were put in. Tugging and pulling on those wires breaks down the composite conductivity of the wires. The hesitation is also a symptom.

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