the plugs are less than 5000 miles old. and yea whoosh sorta noise and hot smell. but the smell only after a long drive.

 

be a good idea to at least test the exhaust to see if the cat or muffler is plugged. cat can plug and go to pieces then plug the muffler. dont need to drill if you have 02 sensors on both sides. just take one out

 

Um i dont have a cat. Guy who had it before me removed it. Just found that out.

 

better test anyways, if muffler is plugged it will do same thing as plugged cat.

 

Found the problem. The number 3 wire from coil pack to spark plug was burnt in half. Could only see it after the car was on a lift.

 

lol,,, thatll cause a misfire. good deal. cheap fix.

 

Plan on replacing that coil in the next few months. When an 80,000 Volt coil needs to fire and can’t it tends to get very hot. The spark will leak out of the coil. This leakage will cause carbon tracking. The coil will remember that leakage and it will start following that carbon path instead of the plug wire. It is just a matter of time.

 

Replaced pack and wire