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Old Sep 30, 2006 | 07:34 PM
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How you guys know, if you lost one of your ignition coils. I'm running a Greddy blue on my Z and lately I notice that my car is lacking in performance.
What kind of symptoms are typical, whe you have this problem. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 03:17 PM
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 04:45 PM
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Do you have a slight missfire at idle? If you are running on five cylinders it can be hard to tell with the torqey VQ35.

If you are down a coil it is common to have a check engine light.

You could also pull the plugs (see if one looks wet - this would be unburnt fuel) and/or shut down individual cylinders with the Cipher software (if you have this) and listen for the change in rpm when you turn off different cylinders.

Hope this helps,
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 06:21 PM
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I'm not experiencing any mis-fire at low speed. About the check engine light, if the change on the car is going to be detected by the oxygen sensor, then I don't think my car is going to be able to detect changes since I'm running TP with Non-foulers.
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Okay I see what you mean. The change I was writing of is a change in the rpm's of the vehicle and the sound of the engine. This would be when you deactivate a cylinder with the Cipher software to diagnose your problem.

That process is independant of the oxygen sensors.
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