For those who know shit about cars..

Don't mean to jack your thread or anything but it seemed stupid to make my own to ask one question...

I have an '02 Land Rover Freelander (not mine yet, but in 4 months it will be). It has kind of shitty pickup, not that i'm complaining - free car and whatnot. Anyway it gets up to about 60 pretty easy, but i have to press the accellerator down fairly hard to push it up to 65 or higher. I honestly don't know anything about cars, so my question is if this is normal on a car that's had it's engine replaced.
 
If you only had 1 code for him to read then you were only misfiring in 1 cylinder, which is what I was checking for. If you had like 4 misfire codes, then it would probably mean something else.

Look up how to change plugs/wires and see if you have any friends or a parent that has any experience at all, it's not too hard.

Also, you don't want to just change one plug/wire you want to do them all. It's not that expensive and if one is going bad then the rest will probably follow in not too long.
 
ah we had a misfire in my buddies wrx after we put in a fresh motor from when he blew the first one. turns out the valves in the head were sticking, so we had to take apart the motor once again. biggest pain in the ass motor swap in the fucking world. if i ever blow the engine in mine, im having somebody else do it.

OP changing plugs and wires is pretty much the easiest thing you can do to your car, besides putting gas in. just look in your owners manual and it should show you... pull the wires off, get a socket built for plugs, an extension and crank away till they come out. then put new ones in.
 
Haha seriously, it was pretty frustrating figuring that shit out. I love the horizontally opposed cylinders on the WRX boxer engine, but it can make dealing with the head a huge bitch.
 
the plugs on a crv should be really easy. I did them on my civic a while back before i totaled it :( but it wasnt bad i actually didnt really have to pull anything major off, look online on some honda forums and it should help you out a ton man, If you get the code back and its only one, the problem is mostly minor, check the o2 sensors and the plugs. Most likely thats whats fucking you up.

One of the best things about Hondas is the cheap parts, so you wont be set back too bad. And if they want to charge you that much for the OBD2 code reader just go out and buy one. They cost around 75 bucks and they come in really useful if you ever end up doing other work for yourself, but again thats your preference.

Best idea would be to stop driving as soon as you can, fix her up, and get it back on the road. The longer you push these problems, the worse they can get.
 
THREAD CREATOR, anyone who owns a car should always have an owner's manual and a haynes repair manual. Buy them now!!!!

Seriously they will get you out of sticky situations just like this. It'll tell you how to troubleshoot on your own(simple stuff at least) and tell you exactly where and what stuff you need to fix your car.

It's a great investment trust me, they only cost like 15 bucks. Keep it in your car, you'd be amazed at what you can fix on the side of the road with just a few tools. Also good to keep small parts and fluids if you have room for it, it's a lot cheaper than a tow.

As far as the landrover above if it's a small performance issue like that start by doing some maintenance if you haven't in a while. A dirty air filter can make a huge difference.
 
hes gotta do the wires too, not just the plugs.

if you cant find anything online about it, try checking out your plublic library for a chiltons manual or something like that, that should have it
 
Haynes manual sucks. It is way to generic to be of any help at all especially sicne the pictures are lacking at best.

What probably happened to you is your coolant wasn't rated for the level of cold that you were driving in. Either you had the wrong shit that wouldn't go that cold or some one mixed it with water. Cause of this your car was fine at idle but when you got driving the coolant froze up and wouldn't move through the system and blew the radiator. Then you fucked up your plugs by driving on it. Did you have heat before it over heated? If not im pretty sure thats what happend

You might as well just go through all of the plugs and wires casue if you are going to change one its no big deal to change them all and if your car has miles on it its probably due any way
 
Word that pretty much sums up what happened. And no I didn't have any heat before it overheated. The mechanic told me I had too much water in the radiator. I'm gonna see what I can do about this myself after class tomorrow morning, and whatever I can't figure out I'm gonna say fuck it and bring it back to the shop.
 
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