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MISFIRE caused by oil soaked plug wires

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    MISFIRE caused by oil soaked plug wires

    Being new to hondas, when I was working on my friend's CB7 with a misfire, i searched the internet, including this forum and other honda forums, to find the answer. After checking everything I could think of after isolating it to cylinder 2, it didn't make sense as to what was causing the misfire. NOTHING lead me to believe it was the plug wires being soaked with oil. Subarus, dodge neons, and anything else w/ the spark plug tubes have leakage issues. I've dealt with Subaru a lot especially, but it has never caused an intermittent misfire; moreso when the engine is under load at lower rpm. I was so sure it wasnt the oil leak, I had her take it to the dealer when I couldnt solve the problem. They diagnosed it for free, and I fixed it. No more misfire

    IF you have a misfire with no check engine light, first thing you should do is pull the plug wires. If theres oil in there, buy all of the seals and fix it. Replace the wires, too. I know theres a write up for that, I just couldn't find anything that said it caused a misfire. Being a Subaru dealership tech, i felt stumped. I know, I should know that oil will conduct electricity and ground the spark before it goes through the plug.


    If this is posted elsewhere, i apologize in advance.

    #2
    I had this same issue.
    There is an O ring where the distributor and the block meet.
    That O ring is bad, and you are getting oil in the distributor.
    Its like 5 bux, but you have to order it from the dealer.
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      #3
      Interesting write up. I haven't had the misfire yet but I had been chasing an oil leak on that side of the motor since I bought mine. Thanks for this little tidbit. I would have never thought to check the distributor.

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        #4
        Originally posted by LadyG View Post
        I had this same issue.
        There is an O ring where the distributor and the block meet.
        That O ring is bad, and you are getting oil in the distributor.
        Its like 5 bux, but you have to order it from the dealer.
        You don't have to order it from the dealer, besides you get ripped off everytime for shipping from the dealer, at least with low priced items.. Ebay has them for $7 with free shipping. Compared to $15 shipping from the dealer.

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          #5
          Originally posted by LadyG View Post
          I had this same issue.
          There is an O ring where the distributor and the block meet.
          That O ring is bad, and you are getting oil in the distributor.
          Its like 5 bux, but you have to order it from the dealer.
          You're getting the o ring and the inner seal mixed up Monica. If the o ring is leaking, you generally get oil on the underside of the dizzy, not inside. If the inner seal is leaking, you get oil on the inside of the dizzy.

          Originally posted by Mishakol129 View Post
          You don't have to order it from the dealer, besides you get ripped off everytime for shipping from the dealer, at least with low priced items.. Ebay has them for $7 with free shipping. Compared to $15 shipping from the dealer.

          http://www.ebay.com/itm/honda-civic-...460549&vxp=mtr
          You posted a pic of the inner seal, not the o ring. And the o ring is $8 at the stealership.

          Neither of these things are pertinent to the OP, his issue was due to failed lower tubes seals or upper tubes seals.
          Last edited by dj_ender; 10-16-2013, 02:29 AM.
          Originally posted by Mishakol129
          Do not disrespect my intelligence. I am the smartest person I know : )

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            #6
            Dj is so right...not only did the responders not read his post...The poster didn't really search very well.
            Did he really search? I've had this for the longest time....shared it on another site and it's been here once repeated.
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYU8qtPzQOY&feature=sub
            Last edited by SilverShadow; 10-16-2013, 07:03 AM.

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              #7
              Originally posted by SilverShadow View Post
              Dj is so right...not only did the responders not read his post...The poster didn't really search very well.
              Did he really search? I've had this for the longest time....shared it on another site and it's been here once repeated.
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYU8qtPzQOY&feature=sub
              searched for days. the biggest thing I found on the forums were the blocked egr passages which couldnt cause the symptoms i had

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