You didn't say if you had a 6 or 8.......
Every once in a while, my worthless 8.5mm Jacobs wires will stray a little
too close to something metal (like the air cleaner housing or valve cover)
and start arcing, even tho' my 'new' plugs are only gapped at 0.035".
Anyway, on my V8, this just sorta produces a rough idle at the stoplight and
maybe some slight 'jerks' when I'm cruising down the road, so then I know
one of wires is arcing somewhere. Sometimes the arc is easy to find,
sometimes I gotta warm the engine up and stick it in the garage with the
lights off to find the arcing. The wires also cross-fire, especially up
around the distributor. At one point, most of the wires were arcing to the
metal spark plug sleeves, so I took those out and haven't had any more
arcing there.
If I were you, I'd upgrade to Magnecore wires first chance you get. I plan
to do the same in the near future. As far as mods, since you have a heavy
4x4, stick with mods that enhance low-end torque, like a relatively
small-diameter exhaust pipe, esp. if you have the V6. If you do much
traveling at higher speeds, an aero kit will help your mileage, esp. a big
air dam on the front if you don't go off-road too much and maybe a tonneau
cover. Just remember that the money you pay for all this could be used to
keep it stock and buy lotsa gas, but that's no fun :^)
'92 Dak CC 2wd 318 3.55
'84 GoldWing Interstate
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Rhyder/...
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've had my '99 Dak Sport 4x4 CC for about a week now. Aside from
putting
> about 600miles on it so far, and only getting about 15MPG, I've got a
couple
> questions you guys might be able to answer.
>
> 1. For some reason, when I sit at a stop light and get ready to pull out,
it
> pops out of gear. (not all the time, just occasionally.) Now, I don't
know if
> its me (not putting it in gear all the way), or if its a problem with the
> transmission. Has this happened to anyone else? (I've got the 5-speed
manual)
>
> 2. My dak seems to have a very rough idle (sorry I can't explain it any
> further.) My mechanic was looking it at it, and according to him,
"something
> doesn't sound right." He'll be putting it up on the lift next week, and
maybe
> he'll be able to narrow it down.
>
> 3. engine pinging - The engine seems to ping at just about all speeds,
but only
> when I got my foot on the gas. I talked to another dak owner today (also
has
> his own garage) and he said that the pinging wasn't coming from the
engine, but
> that on his, the pinging was coming from the exhaust vibrating underneath
the
> cab? Has this happened to anyone?
>
> Aside from these few problems, I'm very happy with my truck. I plan on
adding a
> K&N filter charger as soon as they release it (my mechanic called up K&N,
and
> the person he spoke with said its not available yet, but they do have a
part #
> available. They expect they'll have them for sale in about a month.)
>
> Anyone know of any other mods that will increase fuel efficiency? I'll be
> putting the synthetic gear oil (Mobil 1 - 75w90) into the differentials
> tomorrow, and I'll be putting Castrol Syntec into the engine just as soon
as its
> broken in. I know the dak I chose wasn't the most "fuel efficient"
vehicle to
> chose, but where I live (10 miles to the nearest store) the roads here
are
> treacherous in the winter, so I needed a decent 4x4.. and the SUV's just
don't
> thrill me.
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
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