Ok so like the title says, I replaced all six of my coils... The car would randomly misfire off and on before I replaced them, now it seems like 1 cylinder isn't running at all(theyre all plugged in...). I did notice that when we pulled 1 coil out, the rubber boot on the bottom stayed on top of the plug... so what I did was pulled the rubber boot off the new one and just placed the new coil inside the old boot... That didn't work so then I tried pulling the old boot out with no luck. My friend has a tool that will pull the old boot out, and we're planning on replacing all 6 plugs and putting the boot that came with the new coil back on it... anyone else had a similar problem?

 

How do you know it wasn't a faulty injector that was causing the misfire in the first place? You DID check for that right?

 

no all signs pointed to coil packs... esp since I have a 99

 

leaky injector could be causing the mis-fires.

 

my friend's replacing the sparks tomorrow (I'll be out of town with work). He thinks we may have F'd the plug when we were trying to get the coil pack boot out. If it is the injectors, why would replacing the coils suddenly cause a huge problem?

 

According to your first post there was a misfire before you replaced them. The misfire is still there, so we're thinking that maybe the coil wasn't the issue to begin with.

 

still there but WORSE, like a cylinder is completely dead

 

Did you replace with 6 NEW coils? or 6 from another org or junkyard?

When last were sparks changed?

 

6 brand new coils

 

cant be the coils unless you bought 6 brand new bad coils.

checks sparks and injectors.

 

thats odd as hell.. which cylinder was misfiring before the coil change? and is it the same after the NEW coils?

 

new sparks going in tomorrow so we shall see.... You have a link to, or know how to test injectors?

 

I dont have a link but you can test with multi meter (make sure its within spec) also with a long flat head screw driver, and listen to hear them ticking.

Worst case (if spark and coils are good) you could have the injectors pressure tested. Dont know how much this costs but hopefully not too much.

 

thanks, wish me luck... I'm hating my car more and more every day now... it's always something with my POS

 

just checked my haynes, its says basically the same thing, listen with an "automotive s***hescope" or long flat head screw driver. If you dont hear any clicking the injector will need replacing.
Also take off the connectors and check for resistance. 10-14 ohms.

Hopefully after this you wont have any problems for a looong while . . . hopefully

 

stupid maximas.......

 

thanks man I appreciate it! yeah let's hope not.. haha

 

no prob

 

Check the pins on the coil pack plugs. I bet you bent one putting the harness plug back on. Happened to me once, get a small needle nose and straighten it out. Then be carefull when you plug the harness connector back in. Make sure it's going in straight and clicks into place easily. If you have to force it, it's probably not lining up with the pins correctly.

 

my car is hesitating as well plus my blower is off

 

problem solved, we were able to get the boot from the old coil pack off... put the new one on, and now it's perfect. thanks for the tips!