"jim beam1" wrote: > coopdog696 wrote: > > I have a 1991 honda civic dx. I recently changed my oil. I > have > > always changed my oil in this car. About a week later I > pulled one of > > my spark plug wire from the spark plug to see if it was > dirty. > > Everything looked good. Two days later my car started > missing. I > > figured I broke a spark plug wire so I bought four new spark > plugs and > > wires and replace the old. While replacing the spark plugs > I notice > > oil was on my spark plugs and some oil on the wires. I am > not buring > > oil. My car is missing when I first give it gas and then it > smooths > > out. That happens in every gear. 1 through 5 can some help > me out > > what mileage? > > oil on the plug lead is because a seal is leaking. cheap to > replace and > not the cause of the misfire. > > first, check for ecu codes. if nothing, check the distributor > cap & > rotor arm. other than that, the "misfire like" symptoms list > is long & > includes things like egr valve, thermostat, injectors fouling, > pcv > valve, etc. try the first two listed then report back.
The milage on the car is 147,000. I was reading my honda automotive repair manual. It said check the gapping of my spark plugs. I compared the old spark plugs to the ones I put in today. The plug gap is suppose to be 1.1 mm. The plugs I bought today are about .5mm Bosch platinum could that be causing it to misfire. I already took out the new ones and compared them to the old ones. I know if I left them in there a while my engine would get really hot. It was already getting hot earlier that is when I started reading about the gap of the spark plug