Ok, first off, I've read all the posts that seem related and I'm still not there. To begin, my 92 had 209k on it when I talked to the original owner and found he had never done a 60k. Straight to the shop for a timing belt, plugs and wires. After picking up the car, I got 2 blocks down the street and while sitting at a light, it died. Fire it up and continue on to work wondering why my car is missing and backfiring. Return the car to the shop and they pull everything apart to check the timing. Everything is ok. New IACM and crank sensor. Still no help. They say I have crud in the tank. I pulled the tank, cleaned it, new screen and filter, flushed the injectors and cleaned the butterflies. No dice. I took it back to the shop where they tore it apart again with the same conclusion. The tell me I'm supposed to have 190-200 lbs of compression but #2 only has 130. Valve job is $1800 to r/r head + whatever the machine shop is going to charge. I figure I'll try a second opinion and hopefully cheaper solution. I pick up the car and it is running like absolute junk. Enter new shop. They find that the first shop left a sensor unplugged, but cannot find anything else. Wife suggests checking the ignition module. It failed dwell and threshold test at the Zone. New module didn't help. I figure what the heck and throw a new coil pack in. No help there.
The particulars: The car misses and backfires on take-off. The car misses at steady speed. At highway speed, pressing the gas down to speed up causes more missing and often backfires. I'm going to clean the MAF tomorrow night, but any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.
The particulars: The car misses and backfires on take-off. The car misses at steady speed. At highway speed, pressing the gas down to speed up causes more missing and often backfires. I'm going to clean the MAF tomorrow night, but any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.
