2002 Mitsubishi Galant 2.4L 4cyl

Tiny
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  • 2002 MITSUBISHI
My Mitsubishi Galant doesn't seem to be firing right. When I step on the gas the car is real sluggish getting going. The rpm's go up but the car doesn't accelerate like it should. I took it to get diagnosed because the service engine soon light came on. The mechanic said that the #2 cylinder wasn't firing right. He said to change the plugs. So, I did. It helped for about 2 days and then started doing it again. I checked the plugs when the engine was completely cooled so I wouldn't strip the aluminum block. The plugs were fine. I'm thinking that maybe the spark plug wires need to be replaced. I don't think it's the ignition coil packs because I know there's 2 of those. One on the #2 and one on the #4 cylinder and if one of those were faulty there would be two cylinders messing up and the rest of the cylinders are firing just fine. So should I try replacing the spark plug wires?
Saturday, June 24th, 2006 AT 3:27 PM

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Tiny
BESTBET777
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Check plug gap, check wire resistance, if you randomly pull on the plug wire you may have damaged the wire. Technically it's not wire, it carbon and if you pull anywhere except close to the plug you may have seperated the carbon.
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Thursday, April 19th, 2007 AT 1:45 PM

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