smelly_cat Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 This is just me bragging but maybe it can save someone some time My Gl has had a stutter problem for 2 years that i figured was a gas starvation problem. The problem is that it would only stutter the engine under heavy acceleration now and then and it would self correct if I let off the pedal a bit. I found a major problem with my spark plug wires. some how, some time, I must have pulled real hard on a plug wire either taking off the air cleaner or doing water hoses . I had pulled the end with the contact out of the distributer cap but the rubber boot stayed on. so the spark had to jump a half inch to light up the plug. . Cheers. SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwraven Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I had the same symptoms with my truck. Thought it was EGR valve or O2 sensors. Turned out I needed new plug wires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subaruguru Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 might be just me but shouldent you change the spark plug wires more often than every 2 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubaruJunkie Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I cant tell you how many times ive chased engine problems only to find it was a plug or a plug wire. Anything from a simple miss, to engine's stalling. ECU codes, to backfiring... Now if I experience any type of engine problem, I replace the plugs and wires first... and if it doesnt solve the problem, then I start chasing down other parts. -Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWet Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I once put some Techtron injector cleaner into the tank of an EA82T, and all of a sudden it had misfires in various parts of its rev range. Problem continued after tank ran empty and refilled. After a couple weeks of scratching my head, I replaced the wires and all was instantly well again. The cleaner probably just stressed the ignition enough to finish off some marginal wires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smelly_cat Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 suburuGuru, I did not know the wires need to be changed so often. is that what everyone else does? When I changed these I though they were the hardest plug wires I had ever replaced. Heck even the distributer cap is wedged under the air cleaner and is kind of picky about coming off SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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