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N2daizo123

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I'm having some problems out of my 1993 4cyl na. I have changed the plugs and wires last week. When I'm driving down the road the rpms drop to half of what they were at and the engine runs rough like its on 3 cyl and the shift points change to a little over 2k rpms no matter how much i push the throttle. When it does this i can put it in neutral and flip the ignition off and back on fast and it straightens up for a few miles and i have to do it again. The only thing i can think of is one of the coil packs are going bad. Has anyone had this problem before?
 
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90% chance it is your coil packs. Chances are you have had one completely dead pack for quite some time and the other pack is failing on one of the coils. Had a very similiar situation with mine. Mine would be dead on a cylinder and then after 5-8 mins on the highway would come alive for the duration of the drive.

I went to a junk yard - robbed 2 coil packs off a mid 90's Ranger with the same motor setup, bolted them on and things ran normal. Got them for 20 bucks each with a 30 day warranty. Beats the 150 price for new at the autostore. You can always test individual coil packs by unplugging on of the connectors and attempt starting the car. If you unplug one and the engine doesn't fire - you know that the one plugged in is completely dead. plug the other one back in and unplug the other and see if it runs like you describe. If so, you have one dead pack and one in the process of dying.

the other two things it can be if it isn't this would be the DIS module (bolted to the front of the lower intake manifold - has a harness plugged in the top and bottom

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the computer itself is starting to crap out.

Best thing to do is to unplug one coil pack and see if it runs the same or not at all. if you get no fire at all on one of the packs, then it's definitely your problem. If it runs the same when you try both packs individually, then it's either your DIS or computer.
 
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Thanks for the reply, i ran the codes on it and got 223 and 224. I replaced the primary coil pack today, gonna see how she does.
 
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Update: Put 250 miles on it and its running perfect. No more half tach or CEL.
 
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