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ElantraClub - For Elantra Owners and Enthusiasts _ The Auto Industry _ Somebody convince me I'm crazy

Posted by: bhorste Nov 2 2016, 08:30 PM

It was fine until, I think, the coil gave up the ghost. It happened out of the blue during startup and threw the random misfire code. It may have jumped a tooth or 2 at the same time.

Once I finally got a new distributor/coil for it, it cleared up the misfire, but it started throwing the cam and crank codes, as well as fuel trim codes. That was due to the distributor using different parts to trigger the cam sensor (the 6G74 apparently uses the same distributor). Got a reman and that stopped. But it was still down on power, sounding rough and smelling like burnt oil, though not heavily.

My thought is that having to run with the misfiring going on did a number on it. The car is 16 years old and essentially a backup at this point. I know it'll be a reasonably massive undertaking, but since it's a toy why not? I haven't had a chance to do anything like check the timing or do a compression test. It could just be that the top end needs refreshing. But it never hurts to think ahead.

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