new coil, rotor, cap and car is backfiring!
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Car: 1986 Camaro IROC-Z
Engine: 350 TPI
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new coil, rotor, cap and car is backfiring!
i just put in a new MSD coil cap and rotor. And now my car backfires. would the timing be the cause? if so how should i adjust?
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Re: new coil, rotor, cap and car is backfiring!
Are you sure that you got the wires put back on right?
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Car: 86 IROC-Z, '71 RS
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Re: new coil, rotor, cap and car is backfiring!
X2 on the correct order. Was it running fine before and now it is running like it has a miss?
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Re: new coil, rotor, cap and car is backfiring!
yeah it was running perfectly then started stuttering and backfiring after a few minutes.
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Re: new coil, rotor, cap and car is backfiring!
If the wires are right, I would put the old stuff back on and see if this fixes it. You may have a bad coil/cap/rotor. It dosent happen too often, but maybe the guy at MSD's quality control was hung-over from a wild night of Jello shots... LOL.
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Re: new coil, rotor, cap and car is backfiring!
I had the same problem once. I would say at least 90% chance that you messed up the firing order. Check wires for correct order again.
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Re: new coil, rotor, cap and car is backfiring!
simple , crossed wires . good luck .
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