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Old 02-23-2009, 07:23 AM
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i was driving home from the mall and all of a sudden my check engine light started blinking, and it started to bog down when i gave it gas.

took it to autozone to check the engine light and here what they said.

number 1 and 2 cylinder wasnt getting fire or some crap. and something about fuel system.

so.


ignition coils are redonkulous. 100 a peice. wow. so i didnt get them yet.

i took my old sparkplugs out and on one of them the tips were missing."not good".
anyways they were all pretty gross looking.

put the new ones in and its still doing the same thing.

so i think it might be the ignition coils but i dont know. i dont have the money to pay for them and that not be the problem.


HELP PLEEEAASSEEE
Old 02-23-2009, 07:57 AM
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Get the trouble codes and it will be easier to diagnoss.
Old 02-23-2009, 08:16 AM
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k i will go back today and get them
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Pictures of these spark plugs would help too. In these kind of issues, it is better to be as specific as possible so we can help. Details of what is the problem is and the actual CEL code. Did you wash your engine bay recently?

If something happened to my S2000 and I couldn't fix it myself or didn't have time, I would only trust the dealer to do the work on it.

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no i didnt wash the engine bay or anything.
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Also.. List any modifications to the Engine that are not OEM. Knowing that you have mods will also help diagnose the issue
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cold air aem v2
stage 1 clutch act.
custom exhaust.

thats about it.
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Let us know the codes and we maybe able to help. Missing a piece off the spark plug does not sound good.
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Nuts. This sounds crappy. You might want to check your oil level. I had a similar experience when I was short on oil - but without the CEL...
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heres the codes

0420
0301
0302
0411
0300
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