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| Rough Start In Damp Weather, Spark shooting out from plug wire |
 Aug 3 2008, 11:19 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 9-December 05 Member No.: 9,678 Status:  Location: USA Drives: 2001 S80 and 95 850 Wagon  |
My wife's 95 850 GLT wagon with 130,000 miles starts and runs rough in damp weather. This morning she went out after it rained and got about a mile with the car running rough and the check engine light came on. She brought it back and took my car. I started her car and looked under the hood and could see sparks firing from under one of the rubber boots where the spark plug wire connects to the distributor cap. I'm assuming this is the problem for the rough idle in damp weather, and now caused the check engine light (fuel not burning properly). It has been years since I worked on cars. I tried to disconnect and reconnect the wire, but I'm not sure if the wires are integral to the cap, or separate. Any suggestions on what needs to be done? How do I clear the check engine light?
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Aug 3 2008, 06:13 PM
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 Veteran  Group: Super Mod Posts: 3,390 Joined: 9-August 07 Member No.: 31,123 Status: Location: Brooklyn, New York Drives: 1996 Volvo 850 R,1968 SS clone Camaro,1963 pan/shovel chopper, 1949 Panhead bobber, 1967 Triumph Bonneville, 1967 Honda 175, 1999 Suzuki Hayabusa, 1996 Impala SS big-block, 2004 Mercedes E500 (the mrs.), 1934 Dodge, |
get new wires and cap. and you need to read the codes and erase them.
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Aug 4 2008, 04:32 AM
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 Veteran  Group: Admin Posts: 7,350 Joined: 1-March 05 Member No.: 3,464 Status: Location: Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA Drives: 1996 Volvo 855 T5 FWD, 1989 Honda Civic 2-Door |
Do EXACTLY as what Greek suggested. Forget about saving a few bucks on the present cables. Toss them into the bin and get new ones.
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