tcspeer Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Can you answer this? Sunday I changed spark plugs on a 97 2.2 when I finished I started the engine and it run great then I turned it off. About six hours later I drove it and within one half mile it started missing and Ck. engine light started flashing. No wire had been damaged, no plug was bad, gap was fine and no vacum line had been knocked off and no wires were crossed. But the problem (when I found it)was related to the plug change what was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimpomm Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 came off when car was driven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcspeer Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 Good try but no. (sorry i should have mention that the wires had not came off) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwbuge Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Incorrect gap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett_j Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Wrong heat range? Cracked plug from dodgy handling? Bet its simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcspeer Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 Incorrect gap no! Remember I said I started it and it ran fine. (Hint!) the engine warming up had something to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett_j Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 The little rubber bung in the Socket stuck to the plug,held enough to warm it up but once hot it expanded and popped the lead off? Clutching at straws here are'nt I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcspeer Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 Brett-j No! did not use wrong plugs or break one, did not even take any out to fix problem. I will post answer tomorrow if no ones gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcspeer Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 Another hint, nothing was wrong or broken. plugs were right ones wires were good, nothing came off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subiemech85 Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 from my experience in my ea82: 1. pre-existing conditon as you desscribed 2. plug wires in WRONG order 3. CHAMPION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett_j Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Please tell us today,Im dying here I can only think maybe you hit an injector plug or something,maybe left the spanner on the engine and it earthed out? I need closure on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubaruJunkie Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Well lets see.... Plugs were good, Wires were in order, Wires were good, Nothing came off, Nothing was jiggled loose, Nothing was damaged, Nothing was broken, Nothing was wrong! -Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcspeer Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise is the closest thing to right yet. I was not wise enough to figure this out I stumpped on it by accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubaruJunkie Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 That made absolutly no sence at all. -Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcspeer Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 Brian that was in reply to something above. Brett your answer is in your e- mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcspeer Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 Brian I wish my Subaru mail wagon was raised about half as much as yours, is the ride rough when you raised it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubaruJunkie Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Nope, if anything it got smoother. The car floats over bumps, even rides smoother than my '92 Turbo Legacy. -Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Clark Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 You left a beer can on the coil pack and crushed it when you closed the hood. When it warmed up, it expanded and caused arcing across the pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brus brother Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Demonic possession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcspeer Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 Here is the Answer On the side where the windshield washer tank is I chg. the front plug. I left the wire off so not to damage it while removing the back plug. When I took washer tank off I removed the two elc. plugs and one of the water lines. I then laid it on top of engine so the water would not run out, however I must have bumped it because later I seen water dripping out so I tilted it so it would not run out. However some of the water had already run down in the plug hole. When I started it the water did not hurt anything it was down around the metal part of plug, after running it around half of mile it heated up and either the steam or rising level of water due to the heating caused it to get plug wire wet. I thought I had damaged a plug wire when it started missing and was in the process of checking them with inline plug checker when I noticed the end of plug wire was wet when I pulled it off. So I took and air hose and blew the water out and then blew the end of wire dry, then put it back on and it run fine. Watch the washer tank when you take it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avk Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Clark's answer is the closest, esp. if one allows for some beer to be left in the can, although that would be far-fetched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinsUBARU Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Originally posted by avk Clark's answer is the closest, esp. if one allows for some beer to be left in the can, although that would be far-fetched. but it COULD happen:-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frag Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 If a plug wire was wet with oil instead of water or washer fluid, would it cause the same condition experienced by tcspeer? I've always tought oil was non conductive, but I may have a reason to doubt that now. Anybody know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcspeer Posted March 23, 2004 Author Share Posted March 23, 2004 Tiny Clark I agree you win. Frag I dont know about that oil, maybe it would catch fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subiemech85 Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Originally posted by tcspeer But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise is the closest thing to right yet. I was not wise enough to figure this out I stumpped on it by accident. I knew it had to be something simple KISS:clap: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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