missing a cylinder?

[R Photon]

hey i got a VN and i been having a few problems with it. its cutting out when i accelerate..but when i'm cruising down the street its fine. a mate said when you run outta petrol it ****s up the exhaust when it backfires when u try to start it up again, like shatters it or something...took it too my exhaust man who put the 2 1/2 redback exhaust on and he said its not an exhaust problem....

he came for a drive with me and he said it felt like it was missing a cylinder..wtf?? he said to change the spark plugs, leads and all that...will this fix the problem? or should i look into something else b4 i start going spending all this money.

thanks

[Boonz]

check for spark first, doubt it would be a fuel problem

[mouce]

Check your leads, then your coil packs then your plugs.

The exhaust thing that you're talking about is when the car starves of fuel and cuts out and backfires the shockwave through the exhaust quite often shatters the honeycomb inside the catalytic converter.

[commy92]

how to you check coil packs and leads on commos. cause i shore as hell aint holding leads and shit with screw drivers hanging out of them. Commos are known to kill people. lol yeah i no it sounds stupid but its true

[beefcream]

hav coil pack checked out! i've had this twice now where it misses and drives on four cylinders, as it gets worst it stalles.

[R Photon]

sup beefcream lol mad name

yeah my car stalls..but recently its been getting better...this coil pack checking your talking about would it be a job i could do from the instructions from a grergorys or would i have to take it into a mechanic?

thanks

[mouce]

Gregory's cover it fairly well...

A fairly simple test is to go for a bit of a drive turn the engine off and feel the coilpacks with your hands, if one is way hotter than the others you have a rooted coil pack.

[beefcream]

a auto elec checked mine.. im sure the manuel will explain it

[low-304]

u need new spark plug leads i think and replace the dizzy cap id try that fist and if it dosnt fix the prob take it to a machanic

[Chilli_Red]

my xf is going in tomorro for the same issues, my mechanic told me its the spark plugs...ect

[R Photon]

hey would it be best to see an auto eletrician or just a normal mechanic?

[3800VH]

a mechanic at a wrecker cos that way they can test it with another coil pack