Army
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- 1996
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- 2.3
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Story: Didn't want to mess with the dang intake manifold to put in new plugs and wires. New wires and plugs are Granatelli zero resistence wires (green) and "E" plugs (multiple gap type) from Stylin' Concepts. My fav shop took 1.5 hours to do the swap, test drove it, and tossed me the keys. I didn't make it a block, when I tried to punch it, and............ nothing. Complete power loss as if no gas or spark is going anywhere.
Turned around and drove it into the shop. They hooked up the code readers (plural, multiple), and one said my truck thought it was in Colorado....... I'm in California. Hooked up a timing light to the wires, and all fired until the pedal was dumped, then nothing. They checked the MAF, and it tested out OK but they initially blamed it.
Pulled the heads, and noticed the slightest of peening around the valve seats, so they said there's your problem. I asked how that much damage could have happened in less than one block from this shop? Sent it to get ground anyway. The machine shop pointed out that the motor is well taken care of for 257K miles on it. I asked the fix it shop; wouldn't I notice the power slowly bleeding off over weeks or months, with maybe some smoke from the pipe?
Then one said the zero resistance wires ruined the coil. I pointed out that electricity works best with no resistance, unless you want a lightbulb. No, they said, the coil needs resistance to function best. They put the original wires back on....same problem, no power.
So, anyone have a clue? I have had absolutely no problems with this engine since new. Seems really weird that it would die all-of-a-sudden like.
Turned around and drove it into the shop. They hooked up the code readers (plural, multiple), and one said my truck thought it was in Colorado....... I'm in California. Hooked up a timing light to the wires, and all fired until the pedal was dumped, then nothing. They checked the MAF, and it tested out OK but they initially blamed it.
Pulled the heads, and noticed the slightest of peening around the valve seats, so they said there's your problem. I asked how that much damage could have happened in less than one block from this shop? Sent it to get ground anyway. The machine shop pointed out that the motor is well taken care of for 257K miles on it. I asked the fix it shop; wouldn't I notice the power slowly bleeding off over weeks or months, with maybe some smoke from the pipe?
Then one said the zero resistance wires ruined the coil. I pointed out that electricity works best with no resistance, unless you want a lightbulb. No, they said, the coil needs resistance to function best. They put the original wires back on....same problem, no power.
So, anyone have a clue? I have had absolutely no problems with this engine since new. Seems really weird that it would die all-of-a-sudden like.