Calling Minnesota DSMers

[Underhill]

hi, new here, been having trouble w/ my car, my wife is about to kill me, with all the money and talking about it, anyone around Lakeville, Mn area thats knows alot about 1g DSMs like to take a look and maybe lend a hand? I'll buy the beer.:p

[niterydr]

Welcome to the boards.
What is the problem?

[Underhill]

ok, from the begining, I got the car a few months ago, I was having problems w/ it killing at lights when it was up to temp, replaced the O2 sensor, Idle speed stabalizer, plugs/wires, new intake/filter, and tightened the alternator so I didn't go through any more belts.... the latest thing that I've done was the plugs/wires (Nology/NKG) and one of the wires has poped off twice at the coil, and now it runs fine from cold, but second start while hot and I get a CEL and it runs Shi**y. I've had it in to several differant places and they all say bla bla bla, give me money...or don't even want to work on it...I wouldn't mind spending money if they were going to "fix" something, but Tires Plus looked at it ($90) and said I need new plugs/wires, after I had told them I had them on order allready.

[AJ]

Shift key and there is only 1 period at the end of a sentance.

[Goat Blower]

Never take your car to Tires Plus. Paying someone who knows less about cars than the average DSM'r is a waste of money. Contact one of the vendors here. It's probably something real simple upon viewing.

[Underhill]

So, does anyone know of a good local place to bring it? I live in Lakeville, and work in Inver Grove Heights.

[AJ]

Thank you.

[AJ]

ok, from the begining, I got the car a few months ago, I was having problems w/ it killing at lights when it was up to temp, replaced the O2 sensor, Idle speed stabalizer, plugs/wires, new intake/filter, and tightened the alternator so I didn't go through any more belts.... the latest thing that I've done was the plugs/wires (Nology/NKG) and one of the wires has poped off twice at the coil, and now it runs fine from cold, but second start while hot and I get a CEL and it runs Shi**y. I've had it in to several differant places and they all say bla bla bla, give me money...or don't even want to work on it...I wouldn't mind spending money if they were going to "fix" something, but Tires Plus looked at it ($90) and said I need new plugs/wires, after I had told them I had them on order allready.
Those plug wires shouldn't be coming of the coil pack. Either you have them on wrong or tied up somehow where lenth is an issues and there is no flex, or something in the metal parts is bent or messed up and not allowing it to seat right.

For the issues after the car is warmed up, does it always start right away? Here is a link on some things to look at if that happens :

http://www.dsm.org/how-tos/JFM/HotStart.html

Did the previous owner hack the shit out os the MAS?

Just a few thoughts, but I am the last person you want to take final advice from ;)

Keep that car AWAY from Tires Plus. If you want a shop to look at it contact one of the sponsors on here.

[acidrumz]

some things you can do:

check if you wires are installed correctly.
check or adjust your timing
when your cel is on, extract the code from diagnostic port. you can do with a mutimeter. a pocketlogger would be nice.
check your ecu if it has been re-capped


try those if you can with this bad weather.
gluck

[x-pride]

What year and model? Does it start back up when it dies at the light? If you have a turbo model how is it boosting? You need to give more info. This is like trying to find a needle in a haystack blind folded.