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Went out this morning to go fill up the car because Marni and I were going to take it to some friends of my Parent's house about an hour away. Well I started it up and when I left the driveway I noticed a couple of backfires. That was odd because it had never done it before but I figured it might just be cold. Well after I got fuel I took a little drive to warm it up and it got worse. No power at low engine speeds but it will kind of snap out of it and run properly at high engine speeds. It was running rough and backfiring quite a bit. I noted the backfires seemed to be coming from the driver's side pipes. The temp gauge was reading a little lower than normal (although when I picked up the lid the engine seemed as hot as usual).
Two days ago I put about 100 miles on the car and it performed flawlessly; yesterday I moved it around the yard a bit and noted no abnormalities. The only thing I have done to the engine recently is check the oil. I believe it may be ignition? I tried to pull a couple of spark plugs to look at them and now have a new problem - how do I get the plugs out? The sockets that fit down the hole are too small for the plug. The regular spark plug socket is too big to fit down the hole. Anyone have any ideas as to what may be causing this poor performance? I have now lost my confidence in the car's reliability and will not drive it until it is 100% again. I have not had time to look at anything else on the car (distributor caps, wires, etc.) due to the fact that this happened 1/2 hour before we were due to leave (had to take the pickup truck
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I also noticed that the 3 rubber mounts for the coolant reservoir had failed and the coolant reservoir was hanging from the hoses. I won't drive the car until I can replace those. I am sure I will be having more problems with the rubber goods on a 23 year old car.
Two days ago I put about 100 miles on the car and it performed flawlessly; yesterday I moved it around the yard a bit and noted no abnormalities. The only thing I have done to the engine recently is check the oil. I believe it may be ignition? I tried to pull a couple of spark plugs to look at them and now have a new problem - how do I get the plugs out? The sockets that fit down the hole are too small for the plug. The regular spark plug socket is too big to fit down the hole. Anyone have any ideas as to what may be causing this poor performance? I have now lost my confidence in the car's reliability and will not drive it until it is 100% again. I have not had time to look at anything else on the car (distributor caps, wires, etc.) due to the fact that this happened 1/2 hour before we were due to leave (had to take the pickup truck
I also noticed that the 3 rubber mounts for the coolant reservoir had failed and the coolant reservoir was hanging from the hoses. I won't drive the car until I can replace those. I am sure I will be having more problems with the rubber goods on a 23 year old car.