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Suzuki low power[FIXED]
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Pulled this off a Suzuki APV wasted spark plug wire. Vehicle has low power complaint. Input is welcomed.
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1) Hash in the spark line
2) High ending spark line voltage
1. Could be caused by in-cylinder turbulence or bad plug wires, bad plugs, a bad valve, an EGR leak to name a few causes
2. Most likely caused by a lean condition, but I don't know if you were decelerating when that was occurring. If you are lean, check fuel pressure at idle and at WOT and verify again spec. If that is good, I suggest an injector balance test.
I tend to look at spark lines while the car is stationary, snap the throttle, and then review the capture buffer. I like this technique since I can reproduce the same conditions over and over to see if I can find a pattern. I also try to look at each plug independently and then compare them to each other; although I wish I could view them is parade mode. But if this works for you, great.
Any trouble codes? Any misfire information you can retrieve/view? If you had misfire information, this might help you narrow your overall scope of work, but I'm not saying that misfire information is always exactly accurate. I learned that the hard way even though I should have listened to ScannerDanner since he said this numerous times. Have all of your readiness monitors completed successfully? How does mode 6 look?
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I think the hash on the ignition is turbulence modern multi-valve engines have a lot of swirl in the combustion chamber.
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Caritech wrote: It struggles on flat and stalls on hills. At idle it's good but break stalling and road test, "It won't get out its own way."
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