☰
Login
Join
×
Home
Answered Questions
Repair Topics
Repair & Service Guides
Popular Questions
Warning Lights
Trouble Codes
How It Works
Testing / Diagnostics
Symptoms
Videos
Login
Become a Member
Home
Opel
Rekord
Engine
Symptoms
Not Running
car does not want to start
1992 OPEL REKORD
76,000 MILES • 2.3L • 4 CYL • RWD • MANUAL
CLARENCE HUMAN
MEMBER
1 POST
FOLLOW
my car swings and smell fuel, when it starts it idles low as if it want to shut off. it misses when I try to accelerate.
Aug 8, 2017 at 5:39 AM
Advertisement
STRAILER
CERTIFIED EXPERT
53,854 POSTS
Hello,
It sounds like you have an ignition coil that is going out. I would replace the coil and all of the spark plugs, here is a guide to get you started.
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-change-spark-plugs
Please let us know what happens.
Cheers, Ken
Aug 10, 2017 at 11:09 AM