12-08-2024, 01:46 PM
Well at least I had fun hanging out on the forum yesterday with the car sitting dead in the driveway.
I went out yesterday to hook up the scanner and see what the issue was and had a brief chat with the neighbor who was stringing up Christmas lights. The scanner said: cylinder three misfire. No surprise there and something like what I was hoping for.
Took out the ignition coil and checked the plug to see if maybe it had loosened up. I don't have a torque wrench, so I was careful to not overtighten them, so maybe under tightened them in the process.
The ignition coil did look a little dirty, but not too bad, and I think maybe the plug was a little loose. Put everything back and go to crank over the car, but no "crank" and now with "immobilizer" error.
This is one of those occurrences where you have two unrelated problems coinciding with one another:
1. Weak battery likely approaching insufficient voltage.
2. Plug and coil problems which in some situations can drain a battery causing systems to shut down - it's happened before.
At the time I wasn't thinking that a quick check on a plug and coil might worsen the condition of an already weak battery, but that somehow appears to be the case.
Now I'm just thinking about going for a walk and a way to get a battery(among other things) back home without carrying it. It seems to be a real pain in the ass to get a cab these days, and I don't have Uber or Lift.
My friend uses this blue wagon type thing sometimes, and I'm thinking about that. Kind of like what the old bag lady has been carting around town for the past decade except bigger.
I figure I'll get a new battery, ignition coil, and plug. Do the plug and IC first, and then the battery. Then lastly deal with the immobilizer issue if that's still a problem.
– bag lady for a day (if I go that route)
I went out yesterday to hook up the scanner and see what the issue was and had a brief chat with the neighbor who was stringing up Christmas lights. The scanner said: cylinder three misfire. No surprise there and something like what I was hoping for.
Took out the ignition coil and checked the plug to see if maybe it had loosened up. I don't have a torque wrench, so I was careful to not overtighten them, so maybe under tightened them in the process.
The ignition coil did look a little dirty, but not too bad, and I think maybe the plug was a little loose. Put everything back and go to crank over the car, but no "crank" and now with "immobilizer" error.
This is one of those occurrences where you have two unrelated problems coinciding with one another:
1. Weak battery likely approaching insufficient voltage.
2. Plug and coil problems which in some situations can drain a battery causing systems to shut down - it's happened before.
At the time I wasn't thinking that a quick check on a plug and coil might worsen the condition of an already weak battery, but that somehow appears to be the case.
Now I'm just thinking about going for a walk and a way to get a battery(among other things) back home without carrying it. It seems to be a real pain in the ass to get a cab these days, and I don't have Uber or Lift.
My friend uses this blue wagon type thing sometimes, and I'm thinking about that. Kind of like what the old bag lady has been carting around town for the past decade except bigger.
I figure I'll get a new battery, ignition coil, and plug. Do the plug and IC first, and then the battery. Then lastly deal with the immobilizer issue if that's still a problem.
– bag lady for a day (if I go that route)
