EK9 sounding like a scooby


cocoEK9

EK9 Type R
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hi folks,

quick question why is my ek9 sounding like a scooby? my car has been sitting for a while 3-4 months approx as i was away. when i came back and started it up it was fine, came back to it a few days later and stared it up it was fine then only when it was warm the revs dropped to 600-700 rpm and exhaust started spitting. thought it might just need a run but as soon as the engine was under load it miss fires badly unless you are very gentle with the accelarator. its very strange because when it is cold it runs perfect! so i have put in fresh fuel, checked and cleaned the spark plugs, checked and cleaned the distributer and cleaned the air filter.

let me know if any of you have had a problem like this or any ideas on how to fix it.

cheers coco
 
Engine sounding like a scooby is been caused by a misfire in one of the cylinders. I'd point my finger at the dizzy as I have seen them show trouble when the engine gets very hot. However i'd try some new plugs and leads first or if you have a friend you can swap the spark plug leads over and take it from there.
 
hi mate i had the same problem sounded like a sub very annoying i fixed it by putting the loose plug that fell out the dizzy it was only running on 3 cylinders then 4 try that mate
 
hey man, what happened.. what was fixed?
sorry to hijak.. but mine just did this..

the rpm is dropping to 250 then up again to 1100.. back and forth..few days ago..
today it got worse.. the car sounded like wrx..boom, boom, boom,.. and miss fire many times.. when i stop or change gear by pressing the clutch.. the car died.. - i mean from moving - driving i hit the brake.. the rpm drop flat and car died..

well i cleaned the filter & intake & tb as well yesterday but didnt do jack.. but found out today that on my 3rd leads/spark plug - when i took off the injector cable.. nothing happened.. could any one help?? (btw i just replaced the spark plug 1500kms ago and i got spoon leads) is it the injector? (i got ITR injector - 2nd hand tho) - btw how to check if the injector is stuffed?

ps. i got jdm itr ecu on my ek4.. is it normal for rpm to go 1100-1200 and it goes up and down (trying to find its stable rpm) after you tap/rev on the accelerator? or do i need to clean my iacv/fitv?

*sorry for long info.. :)
 
just found out.. there was water on my leads... must have got in when the engine was cleaned.. phew..
 
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