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before i start this my car i know has a weak #3 cylinder...for the past 2 days my car has picked up a lot of speed and it sounds like a roaring monster... but i started my car to go home from work and my car doesnt have a lot kick to it and when im driving the car sputters and jumps a lot like its starving for fuel.....i know now that my #3 cylinder isnt working at all and ive changed the spark plugs and wires....my car also is back firing a lot not from the exhaust but either behind the engine or from the air filter idk......i got codes amd they are

172 (R,M) Oxygen sensor not switching - system is or was lean - Single, Right orr Rear HO2S - Fuel control<...i know i need new plugs

118 (O,M) ECT sensor is/was high or open - ECT <..what do i do about this one

538 (R) System did not receive "goose" test

i read another code wrong b/c im pretty sure manual tx dont have torque converters


i dont know what else to do i just, this car breaks down over and over and over...
 

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ok i know why my ect was in memory...last week a small coolant line blew up......this morning when i left to go to work now it doesnt matter where the throttle position or RPM's.......i can be driving down the highway then my car will miss horribly and the car will start to shake real bad then it will stop shaking the ce light will go out and it stops missing but i still dont have the power if i floor it...it takes about 15-20 seconds to go from 55-65mph or trying to go 10mph faster at any speed im stumped
 

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ok update all spark plugs and wires have been changed, i replaced both o2 sensors.... but when i left the rents house to go back to mine my car still stumbles and misses....#3 cylinder still is not firing correctly....yes i have all the spark plug wires in the correct order.....i dont know exactly where the egr valve is or how to take it off and clean it and i guess i have to check the iar??? valve where ever that is...any input would be nice......*edit*it stumbles like if you switch to a higher gear before your rpms are up...that jockey motion
 
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Had the same problem with my 95MTX a few years back..changed the same parts plus a coil pack...swap out your DIS module..fixed mine
 

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even though i changed my o2 sensors im still getting these codes the same ones before i changed the o2 sensors and yes i reset the computer and i also put on a new tps

542 (O,M) Fuel pump open, bad ground or always on - - Power / Fuel Pump Circuits

181 (M) Fuel system was lean at part throttle Single, Right or Rear HO2S - Fuel control

412 (R) Idle speed system not controlling idle properly (generally idle too low) - ISC

172 (R,M) Oxygen sensor not switching - system is or was lean - Single, Right orr Rear HO2S - Fuel control

538 (R) System did not receive "goose" test

....any more help....o and i unplugged the maf while running and the car completly died...are you suppose to unplug it when its off or on....if its running lean then why does it back fire in my airbox and i smell a strong oder of gasoline which i have to have my windows down so i dont get sick of the fumes, and it all started last night the gas oder. i dont see any leaking of gas anywhere
 
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What are the results of the cylinder balance test...mine had the same symptoms..2 cylinders dropped, so I replaced the coil pack...no change..like I said earlier...swap out the DIS module..pick one up off of Ebay..$20-30
 

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i still get spark from the wire on the 3rd cylinder...come on guys its driving me insane thanks beaudeen for helping any other people out there with any ideas to back up his or something else...
 

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