SES BLINKING and Trac Off on

[Whitetigerboi83]

ok i was leaving for work friday morning car started up fine got about 2 miles away from home turned a corner and no acceleration :cry: ses light blinking at me and trac off come on..... ok well i pulled over and the eng. is jumping around like crazy... i turn around and drive back home a 2 mile drive that takes me 15 min because i cant go over 15mph... hazards on and hugging the shoulder :(

so i go out this morning and try to start and get just cranking but no turn over

anyone have this issue before .. i'm thinking plugs & boots. AND HOPE NOT THE COIL that would just kill me money wise :(

[nickbain]

could be an effed up sensor? The trac cont. I think works by cutting fuel to the motor when low trac is senced I think but what ever it does if something was screwed up and was reading low trac all the time then that could be why the motor was bucking and why you couldn't go over 15mph. That might also be why it won't start? I dunno.

[nickbain]

also if it was just plugs and boots I wouldn't think that it would all of a sudden start acting up like that. You would think that there would be a little warning first. What about trying to unplug the sensors on the hubs. Would the car under normal circumstances run right with those unplugged? If so then unplug them and see if she goes any better.

[Gr1m]

if you unplug them your disabling your ABS and ETS, so those lights will be lit up on the dash but it would start up normally, i doubt thats the problem though, check your fuses make sure nothing is blown or wiggly

[Whitetigerboi83]

well little bit of an update i replaced the plugs starts runs but sputters .. well while it was sputtering i walked behind the car and got a leg full of oil...... oil coming out of the tail pipe .. thats not right so.. anyideas? anyone? PLEASE

[Whitetigerboi83]

ok more of an update if it helps
i will be towing my car to my step dads shop
since i now work for advance auto parts i will start saving up and getting parts for my car Employee Discount whoo hoo ..
but i pulled the new plugs out this morning from cyl 1(passenger side) to cyl 4 (driver side) i think thats the way it should go on the 2.2.. dont got a book to look at but anyway
1 oil on threads and on plug
2 oil on threads only plug clean
3 plug completely clean
4 threads clean carbon build up on the plug
so....
lets hope nothing major maybe a gasket .............
and still to replace o2 sensors

[Cliff8928]

possibly a bad injector too...

[Whitetigerboi83]

yeah but there is oil in cylinder 1
my step dad thinks there is either a hole in the piston or the piston rings are shot, with how fast the oil got there and how much oil is in the cylinder....
i also thru in that it may be a blown valve seal.. but he does not think so.
but its getting towed to his shop in Mt Clemens MI on tuesday thank god one of our friends is a carhauler trucker.
if its rings $130
piston i cant find one online so it looks like going to the junkyard for it

[misslindseysue]

A blinking SES light means catalyst damaging misfire = NOT GOOD, STOP THE CAR!!

[Whitetigerboi83]

Ok update as of 12/8/07
Step dad ran code reader
o2 sensor downstream
and Random Misfire

he thinks it may be the ignition cartridge on top of the eng.
but there is no oil in the pistons and compression is good
so i'll prolly be looking at the junk yard on friday for a new ing. coil and starter for my truck