85 misfiring
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85 misfiring
Stock l98 misfiring randomly. 170k miles. Hear it every couple of seconds when sitting at a stop light in drive and bad under moderate acceleration and occasionally when at low throttle. Almost non existent at cruising. Anyone got ideas?
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From: Clifton Park, NY ............Clearwater, FL ... 85 Original Owner
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Sorry about the late reply guys. I finally got around to buying plugs (nearest auto parts store is 30 miles away) and replacing them all. One plug in particular, far back passenger side, had insane amounts of carbon built up on it to the point that I don't know how it was firing at all. Haven't driven it yet but I'm taking taking a wild guess and saying that's the problem. Thanks for the help guys. 
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No my plug was worse believe it or not. I put about 150 miles on it while it was missing because of work though. I think it was probably only minor carbon fouling and it just got worse and worse as I drove it. I'll keep you guys updated and let you know in a couple weeks of any problems come up. My injectors were rebuilt 2 years ago so I doubt it's a bad injector but you never know.