Strange Gremlin

Ghalo Gentlemen.

I need some advice please.

After four years of no action, i monday started driving the sx again even though the interior only consists of MY seat.

You will all believe how much i missed taking the car for a drive and even though i planned to sell her upon completion......... that idea is now out of the window.

Anyway, a strange new gremlin stuck its head out :?:

The motor was serviced, the usual procedure is followed (allow the motor to reach operating temperature before playing) and after driving for about half an hour i will let the motor idle for 5 minutes too cool and then she picks up a misfire which doesn't go away.

If you leave her for a while and then start up again the gremlin is gone???

Any ideas????

Spark plugs.

Brand new ones bro

puy ur old ones back and see wot happens u can have crappy new spark plugs it happens i get it alot

Happened to me, bran new ones in and there was a miss. Drove it like that for a while and then one day the car just ran on 3 cylinders.

Turns out that the one plug was faulty.

Replaced all four and voila, fixed! 😉

FLY glad to hear you're keeping the car man!! Good decision!

Now, as for youre gremlin, Do you have a ca18 or a sr20? Either way, I'm 99% sure it's one of your ignition coils. I've had a similar problem before. When the coil gets hot, it misfires, then the next day it's fine again - for a while.

In your case the coil is getting too hot while idling with no airflow whatsoever.

Just remove the black centre cover with the Twincam 16 valve written on it, then next time it starts missing, pull the plugs off each coil individually, that will reveal who the culprit is!

Thanx Guys.

I will do both today.

First replace the plugs and hold thumbs its not a coil issue.

Doctor G, its a CA18 8 port motor. T
he first cause i thought of was one of the coils and heat.

Just hoping its not, since they are quite pricey to replace and the ones on my old motor are past the expiry date.

I will report part

Members sell coils on this forum for around the R250 mark all the time. So don't stress.