For the past 4 days my car hasnt been running well. Im not a mechanic but it feels like its not firing in all cylinders or sumthing...ok here are the symptoms..
Start car... ROUGH Idle at about 800 rpm or so... i can hear the exhaust in distinct intervals... as if only 6 cylenders are firing becuase the is a pause in exhaust notes.. car shakes rough at idle... I can also hear what I can only describe as a knocking comming from engine bay.
Accelerating.... NO POWER... the car putters.. but wait... suddenly and randomly the car runs fine... no puttering and feels like a have power again but still not up to normal. Its stupid becuase it goes from ****ty then to good for a bit then ****ty again. It gets better sumtimes if i rev high for a sec or sumtimes after i complete a shift.. But 85 percent of the time it seems to putter and doesnt sound healthy at all.
My coolant and oil levels and topped up and i threw in fuel injector cleaner and that isnt working.
It wierd becuase it comes and goes so suddenly as if its a loose plug wire that keeps firing and not...
I dont even know if this is an ignition system problem.
Sorry for long post but what do i do????
Start car... ROUGH Idle at about 800 rpm or so... i can hear the exhaust in distinct intervals... as if only 6 cylenders are firing becuase the is a pause in exhaust notes.. car shakes rough at idle... I can also hear what I can only describe as a knocking comming from engine bay.
Accelerating.... NO POWER... the car putters.. but wait... suddenly and randomly the car runs fine... no puttering and feels like a have power again but still not up to normal. Its stupid becuase it goes from ****ty then to good for a bit then ****ty again. It gets better sumtimes if i rev high for a sec or sumtimes after i complete a shift.. But 85 percent of the time it seems to putter and doesnt sound healthy at all.
My coolant and oil levels and topped up and i threw in fuel injector cleaner and that isnt working.
It wierd becuase it comes and goes so suddenly as if its a loose plug wire that keeps firing and not...
I dont even know if this is an ignition system problem.
Sorry for long post but what do i do????