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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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my camaro lately has been running like crap. when it's idling, it shakes like a cammed out big block. and it's very underpowered (seriously, a camaro shouldn't lose to a geo metro[:@]) does anyone have any ideas??

p.s. it's a 3.1 v6
 
Old Sep 23, 2007 | 01:46 PM
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Sounds like it has solid misfire. Start by changing plugs & wires.
 
Old Sep 23, 2007 | 03:16 PM
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yea my car felt like a dog one day and was runin like it had the crap cammed out of it.............it was a plug wire that fell off
 
Old Sep 23, 2007 | 04:23 PM
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Sounds like it has solid misfire. Start by changing plugs & wires.
they're all brand new, got new wires last night and the plugs are less than a month old
 
Old Sep 23, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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Check them out anyways, you know "**** happens".
 
Old Sep 23, 2007 | 09:37 PM
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checked them out today, all are fine. i'm starting to think maybe it's timing, i don't have a timing light though.
 
Old Sep 23, 2007 | 09:45 PM
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well if you just put newwires on could you maby have ran a wire to the wrong cylynder? like idk if those cars ahve distributer caps or not but that would throw off your timing a bit.lol....
 
Old Sep 24, 2007 | 01:55 PM
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bought 6 new injectors. she purs like a kitten now even got back a that metro again the old injectors were shot, two of them weren't even spraying!
 
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