Sudden loss of a cylinder?
Sudden loss of a cylinder?
Today on my way to work I was driving for only a couple of minutes when all the sudden my 240 started to run like crap. It started shaking when I tried to accerlate and and idled terrible at the stop light still shaking alot, I'm not sure exactly cuz I've never experienced this before, but it felt like I was running on only 3 cylinders. I pulled over and pulled my plug wires out and put them back in but of course that didnt do anything. I wasn't too far from my house so I decide to drive back and get my sisters car then all of the sudden in mid acceleration it smoothes out and starts running normal again. a couple weeks ago I changed my spark plugs (NGK) for the first time, I didn't have a torque wrench so I didn't know exactly how much to tighten them, maybe this has something to do w/ it???
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deftdrummer
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that really sucks. I know when i pressure washed my engine (even with plastic bags around electricals) one of my spark plugs got water in it and it ran like $hit for about 4 days. My car truly WAS running on only 3 cylinders cause i pulled them all out and watched it idle crappily until i got to the last cylinder and it ran the same....then it dried out and all was well.