jerking backfiring toyota corolla

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REDRAGON
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toyota corolla 1989 400, 000 k's 1.6 l sedan. when i drive the car for a little while it will heat up and then the problem occurs when i am accelerating with the pedal right down at first it will buck and jerk a little and loose a lot of power and then later on it does it worse and worse and it feels almost like a misfire. i have platinum spark plugs in could it be those ive heard that they are not very good for imports i have cleaned the egr valve the vacuum, i cleaned the fuel pump i have checked the whole ignition system.
Feb 23, 2007 at 11:34 AM
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CHEVY22
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did you have the problem before the plug install ??? if not i would start there let us know
Feb 23, 2007 at 2:21 PM
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[quote:3e0857c134="redragon"]toyota corolla 1989 400, 000 k's 1.6 l sedan. when i drive the car for a little while it will heat up and then the problem occurs when i am accelerating with the pedal right down at first it will buck and jerk a little and loose a lot of power and then later on it does it worse and worse and it feels almost like a misfire. i have platinum spark plugs in could it be those ive heard that they are not very good for imports i have cleaned the egr valve the vacuum, i cleaned the fuel pump i have checked the whole ignition system.[/quote:3e0857c134]

I had a customer back in 2000 w/a coro with them platinums and made it act crazy told him get the OEM,took a 10mins job and the love of God.
Feb 23, 2007 at 3:02 PM
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[quote:0f2e719209="rasmataz"][quote:0f2e719209="redragon"]toyota corolla 1989 400, 000 k's 1.6 l sedan. when i drive the car for a little while it will heat up and then the problem occurs when i am accelerating with the pedal right down at first it will buck and jerk a little and loose a lot of power and then later on it does it worse and worse and it feels almost like a misfire. i have platinum spark plugs in could it be those ive heard that they are not very good for imports i have cleaned the egr valve the vacuum, i cleaned the fuel pump i have checked the whole ignition system.[/quote:0f2e719209]

I had a customer back in 2000 w/a coro with them platinums and made it act crazy told him get the OEM,took a 10mins job and the love of God.[/quote:0f2e719209]
yup the wrong plus will do that , i totally agree
Feb 23, 2007 at 3:08 PM
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[quote:ec1313c208="redragon"]toyota corolla 1989 400, 000 k's 1.6 l sedan. when i drive the car for a little while it will heat up and then the problem occurs when i am accelerating with the pedal right down at first it will buck and jerk a little and loose a lot of power and then later on it does it worse and worse and it feels almost like a misfire. i have platinum spark plugs in could it be those ive heard that they are not very good for imports i have cleaned the egr valve the vacuum, i cleaned the fuel pump i have checked the whole ignition system.[/quote:ec1313c208]

i dont think i had the problem before that i was also low on oil so the car was probly heading up the plugs very quickly im gonna change them tomrow c what happens :)
Feb 23, 2007 at 6:16 PM
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