RE: miss firing 3.9

From: The Man From Utopia (tmfu@home.com)
Date: Sun May 21 2000 - 00:02:23 EDT


> i got a 95 sport club and have been having a problem with
> what appears to be miss firing. there is a popping noise that sounds like
> its coming from the engine and big loss of power. ive talked to a number
> of people and no one seems to know what is wrong with it.
> has a really rough idle and i have to push the gas more than
> i should to be able to get going from a stop
> i heard about the faulty iac on some 95s, i called the dealer and he
> said it could be the timing chain has slipped because it has
> 135k miles on it.
> anyone have any ideas.
>

Could be you lost a plug or something along those lines, but it also could
be the timing chain. Is it a v6 or v8?? If your IAC was bad you wouldn't be
able to idle at all. Have you tried pulling codes??

Greg
95 DSCC v6 5spd R/T (Redneck/Truck)
Rahway NJ
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