Changed the plugs today to some auto lites cuz it was cheap.. Well ever since then the car was missin on bank 3. Change to another Set of plugs and still the same.. didnt know why.. Well going down the frreway i get a call from a friend behind me, telling me my car was on fire.. So i pull off and for some reason my catlytic(?) converter was on fire... I put it out with my shirt, car hasn't flamed up since.. Car hesitates from a dead stop or when gas is pushed in.. Definatly feels like a pinto.. Takes like 2 minutes to get up to 50 mph.. WTH is going on with the max, 200k miles to much for her?

 

NGK Platniums or coppers, there recommended for a reason

 

Don't know your financial situation, but BEING CHEAP=PAY TWICE

 

Auto lites will work in the car but performance more than likely suffer.

 

is it possible you dammaged a coil pack when changing the plugs and now one of the plugs isn't firing so unburned gas is going to the cat and thats what made it get so hot and catch fire...?

 

shame on you for putting autolite plugs in your max

 

I know I know.. Iw as Being a cheap *** yesterday.. I was also thinking that maybe i damaged a coil pack.. Im gonna go put some ngk's in it now and see what happens..

 

 

ok LEt me go catch in on fire again then snap some pics ON a side note.. Codes im getting now are 0201, 0503, 0701, 0304... Would auto lites cause this bad of a misfire?

 

Like they said, you probably damaged a coil pack. buying cheap spark plugs is now going to cost you 6 ngk's and a new coil. ****ty.

 

figures.. I just put in new ngk's and still the misfire.. I could tell i messed ip a coil when i pulled out the plug in 5 and it was soaked in gas.. Well i learned the hard way hat being a cheap *** doesnt pay off in the end

 

When I bought my Max, it had Autolites in it. My friend the Nissan Master Tech, changed the plugs to NGK Platinums. When he saw that there were Autolites in it, he said: " WTF are Autolites doing in here, these are for Ford! " The car seemed to run fine though, but a little sluggish. Much better now with the NGK's.

 

call the company and sue them....the way our govt is, you could sue someone for looking at you


neway bro i understand we tend to be cheap at times, but dam that sucks, see if you could get a used coilpack or something

 

I would go used but im not going cheap.. MIght as well just go buy a new one.. Probably do that here in a bit..

 

bad sparks can cause a mis fire. . . but not really brand new sparks. Start with proper plug then go from there.

 

wow that really sucks.

 

i also was cheap and put autolite plugs in at first and my car ran like crap. still being cheap and not thinking i removed them the following day and put a different brand of cheap plugs. after still feeling a difference in my car i drove directly to Nissan and got the NGk plugs. that was the last time i went cheap on my car.

 

I smell here. Your shirt would burn the instant it came in contact with the cat if it was indeed on fire.

A clogged cat will get extreamly hot and rob you of quite a bit of power, you might need to replace it. I doubt your plugs had anything to do with it.

 

Actually my cat was indeed flamin..THe codes were reading a multiple misfire.. COuld a stopped up cat cuz this.. I checked the coils and all are fine while idling.. But get bad sputtering from 1k rpm till 3k rpm..also didnt push my shirt against the cat.. I was swatting it fast so no it didnt burn