[V8] Sputter, studder, putt putt...

[urq]

The first code would indicate the crank and cam timing are not set properly,
i.e. the cam belt has slipped on one or more pulleys.  It may be that the
Hall Sender on the dizzy is flaky, not dead.

The other code can be many things, most of them are listed in your report.
I'd pull the spark plugs to check insulators to see if it is one or two
cylinders, or all are affected.  It may also give a clue as to whether you
have a rich or lean situation.  

Steve Buchholz

-----Original Message-----

Ok lister's I was finally able to get some time to mess with this....

 I checked the plug wires and all were correct and from what I could c not
arching.
 One thing I noticed was a faint ticking noise coming from the area of the
pass side cap/dizzy/hall sender.
 So, 
I figured I would check codes and pulled,

2113 Hall sender in distributor
Distributor alignment, faulty sender,

Mis-located sensor & distributor.
 &
2341 Oxygen Sensor Control Limit exceeded,
fuel pressure too low or too high, intake or exhaust leak, defective
ignition system component,

intake air leak after air mass sensor, O2 sensor is faulty

Symptom: CO before catalyst is below 0.3% or greater than 1.0%,

Extremely lean or overly rich exhaust, Spark Plug fouling,

 Any words of wisdom on this?

 Ron

--- On Wed, 7/6/11, ron_01056 at yahoo.com <ron_01056 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> Well it's defiantly not the MAF.
> Actually the spare MAF I have is no good. I put it in went
> for a ride and got the CEL. Pulled codes and got the MAF
> code. Put my old one back in and no code.
>  
>  Anyone got a coolant sensor plug with a some wire still
> attached they want to sell me?  
> 
>  Ron 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KeithT1967 at aol.com
> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:22:28 
> Subject: Re: [V8] Sputter, studder, putt putt...
> 
> That sounds remarkably similar to a problem I'm having with
> a friends  V8. 
> I'm pretty sure my problem is narrowed down to a failing
> MAF.
>  
>  Try this. Rev and hold the RPM steady at 3k + for 10-15
> seconds, then  let 
> it return to idle and quick rev the motor and see how the
> response is. If  
> the engine sounds better and the spitting and backfiring
> goes away for a few 
>  minutes then its likely the MAF.
>  
>  
> In a message dated 6/26/2011 1:16:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight
> Time,  
> ron_01056 at yahoo.com
> writes:
> 
> Well i'm  getting what's best described in the subject
> header. Car feels 
> and sounds like  she's not running on all 8 cylinders.
> Exhaust sounds 
> different, while idling  it's rather lumpy and while
> reving she spits and backfires 
> a bit.
> No codes  so i'm obviously thinking ign related. I
> just changed spark plugs 
> and wires  (bought from a lister who said they were
> good). The wires 
> supposed to OHM out  at.....1k or was it 5k? I know
> the wires are on rite cause I 
> pulled one at a  time and replaced with the told to me
> good wires. I'll pull 
> one wire at a time  and replace with my originals to
> make sure I don't have 
> a bad wire or two.  
> The caps look good, no cracking or carbon buildup on the
> cap points. Rotor  
> tips were clean as well when I pulled the caps.
> 
> am I thinking correct  to think it's ign related?
> 
> Ron