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Old 05-11-2005, 03:09 AM
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Default 1998 CAMARO MISFIRING, NEED HELP

I LOVE MY CAMARO IT IS A 1998 CAMARO V6 3.8L, I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS AND I AM AROUND 100,000 NOW

AND MY CAR SEEMS TO HAVE MISFIRING PROBLEMS ALL THE TIME

RECENTLY THE ENGINE LGHT CAME ON AND I RAN A COMPUTER ANALYZE AND IT SAYS CYLINDER ONE MISFIRNG, SO I CHANGED THE COIL AND THE SPARK PLUGS AND THE SPARK PLUGS AND NOTICED THAT THE SPARK PLUG WIRES WERE BURNT, SO I THOUGHT I FIXED IT. BUT IT DID NOT

NOW IT SEEMS TO GO NUTS WHEN I GO FASTER AND THE PROBLEM DOPES HAPPEN ANY MORE IN FIRST GEARS, SEEMS IN SECOND AND THIRD AND FOURTH

I HAVE REPLACED ALL THE COILS ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND I DO NOT KNWO WHAT TO DO

HELP ME OUT PLEASE , I DO NOT WANT TO GIVE UP MY CAMARO

THANKS
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Old 05-15-2005, 11:13 PM
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did you replace the spark plug wire?
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Old 05-16-2005, 01:44 PM
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YES I DID, THEY WERE BURNT WHEN I FOUND THEM, IT HELPED, IT DOES NOT GO NUTS NOW, BUT IT STILL STRUGGLES AND MISFIRES, LIKE IT CANNOT BREATHE
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Old 06-17-2005, 07:03 AM
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Default misfiring

I had the same problem with my 96. Try changing the fuel filter it sounds like that is what's causing it to misfire at higher speeds.
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Old 04-20-2006, 01:51 PM
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try checking the EGR Valve i just got a '94 and had a diagnoisis ran and two of my cylinders were misfiring and when they checked it out teh EGR valve was letting heat melt the sparl wires. i think the gasket is porb. destored or somthing
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