Questions & Answers for: Oldsmobile cross fire

i just changed both intakegaskets. now it is hard to start and exaust smells funny.when you excellerate it makes a popping noise out the tail pipe.could it be a simple as a crossed plug wire?or worse?

got wires crossed on 95 aurora need to know where they go usually there is a print of the firing order somewhere under the hood.

...fire but backfires and acts like timing is way off, sometimes will backfire and completely stop engine from turning over. i'm guessing its the crank sensor, haven't had a chance to look, anyone know ...

1988 oldmobile cutlass cierra, Does not get spark. Ignition module is good, and coil pacs are good. At first the injectors were not pulsing, now they are working and the plugs arent firing. The ...

...wires and distributor cap if it is equipped replace plugs one at a time so you don't get the wires crossed. after about 45,000 miles the plugs start opening the gap and cause the car to miss fire

replaced all 3 ingition coils, the car car ran fine for at least 60 miles now the car fires off but will not run, no wires crossed could it be the timeing? Well I guess you have a 3.something in there

my brother put wire and plugs on my car and it runs but it doesnt idol too good. It may be cross wired need to check wires with the fireing order. Were the plugs of correct type and heat range and ...

Ned to the the firing sequence for a 96 olds 88 I think the wires are crossed Thanks for using FixYa.

position. No attempt should be made to adjust the engine base timing by rotating the distributor. Attempting to do so may result in engine cross-fire and mis-fire conditions. Timing is not adjustable.

...to the spark plugs and the distributor cap.Check the wire routing in order to ensure that cross-firing is not occurring. If the misfire occurs when the weather is damp, the problem ...