please help

mscottc · 11-21-2009, 06:43 PM

ok so the other day my car started idling rough so we took the cover off to check the plugs but the boots were stuck on the plugs. well long story short my uncle got 3 out of four off and checked the boots well the bottoms were white... and it keeps idling really rough well tonight i was driving home and it feels like its losing power when i try to accelerate the rpms jump up high but it dosnt want to pick up speed very fast. then the service engine light came on and blinked on and off about 7 or 8 times then the track off came on and stayed on for a few seconds and went off too

dose anyone know how i can fix it???

99alerogirl · 11-21-2009, 06:47 PM

tune up! replace those wires!

mscottc · 11-21-2009, 06:48 PM

so its just the wires thats making all the problems???

99alerogirl · 11-21-2009, 06:52 PM

i would start with the plugs and wires... especially if your wires were THAT corroded. the spark isn't getting to the plug as well as it should.

mscottc · 11-21-2009, 06:58 PM

so is that why the engine light came on and blinked? sorry im a total noob

99alerogirl · 11-21-2009, 07:02 PM

it's alright... the blinking of the SES is (almost) always a misfire. at least that's what i was told when i had my sebring with the constantly blinking light. so therefore change the plugs and the wires and you SHOULD be ok. unless you have a bigger problem. i don't know the 2.4 very well so i don't know where to go if that doesn't work, but it sounds like that's where you need to start.

mscottc · 11-21-2009, 07:03 PM

ok thanks had me a little worried i plan on changing them tomorrow

Nate's Alero · 11-21-2009, 07:27 PM

Ok, replace the Plugs and wires, USE AC DELCO!!!!

the Blinking SES means misfire, Always, it cannot blink for any other thing...

make sure the gap on the plugs is .45

spyhunter · 11-21-2009, 07:40 PM

IT'S A SHAME WE DONT' HAVE PLUG WIRES ON 2.4l

99alerogirl · 11-21-2009, 07:57 PM

hahaha i thought they were a coil on plug, but i don't know the motor well, so i just assumed when he said wires he meant wires.

mscottc · 11-22-2009, 02:12 PM

i changed them today and it runs fine and i did mean the boots or what ever they were called

99alerogirl · 11-22-2009, 02:21 PM

good... glad you got it figured out!

Nate's Alero · 11-22-2009, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spyhunter

IT'S A SHAME WE DONT' HAVE PLUG WIRES ON 2.4l

you have the boot, big deal, no need to flip the hell out

Mscottc: good thing it runs well, gap them correctly?

spyhunter · 11-22-2009, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate's Alero

you have the boot, big deal, no need to flip the hell out

Mscottc: good thing it runs well, gap them correctly?

pardon me princess. my job is to keep the info correct, not blurb of false you spewed.

jayson_waltz · 11-22-2009, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate's Alero

Mscottc: good thing it runs well, gap them correctly?

no need at all to gap replacement plugs unless you have a high performance modified engine, which might cause spark blowout, or if it is being a bitch to start.