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Old 05-30-2007, 05:23 AM
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Has anyone had any ignition problems with their turbo'd TC? I have a ZPI stage 1 kit and it has been running great. All of a sudden, I was on the freeway and it was running fine but when I got off and pressed on the gas it stuttered on me. It's been doing that ever since. If I take off kinda slow with little or no boost it does fine. Once I hit boost it stutters and sometimes backfires. My UEGO wideband gauge reads lean when that happens. I have already checked all of my vacum lines and the fuel pump and fuel filter. I just changed my spark plugs again. I'm thinking now that maybe the spark plug coils are bad. I don't know. Someone help me!!!!!!!!!!!!! This sucks.
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I would:
A) Check all hoses for vacuum leaks
B) Check intercooler hoses
C) Compression check
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Old 05-30-2007, 12:32 PM
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D) Injector
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Old 05-30-2007, 12:49 PM
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Let's start with some obvious points: Are you tuned?
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Old 05-30-2007, 11:12 PM
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yea, we need the basics from you. pull a plug, what is the conditon? white/black, etc...

your coils are fine. toyota coils (denso) are some of the best damn coils ever made. save your money.

look for the obivious,, check fittings, couplers, injectors, etc..
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The answer is yes to all of the above questions. Well I found the problem. It was the damn mass air flow sensor. I had something on it. I don't know what. All I did was spray brake clean on it and it ran just as good as it had been. Thanks to all of your replies.
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Thanks for letting us know.
How did you happen to find that out?
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Something? Like oil from the filter perhaps?
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I found out when I took the car back to the shop for another diagnostics test. This time it gave off a different code leading to the mass air flow sensor. Yeah, it was probably oil from the air filter. But I don't know for sure. Thanks again for the replies.
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