![]() ![]() None of those German platinum or "650 billion VOLT, multi-electrode X-TRA spark" shenanigans you ordered off the internet after seeing them on some hillbilly car show you saw on a Sunday morning.Ĭheck the valve adjustment and keep an eye out for any that are too tight. We recommend checking valve adjustment every 7.5k to 10k miles. I know the manual says to adjust them with the engine “hot”, but we’ve found the adjustment procedure to give more consistent results and turn out more accurate when done COLD. Pull the spark plugs and check the gap, check for wear. Any cuts or abrasions ANYWHERE on the wires is a potential place for failure. Those janky aftermarket plug wires? Make sure the ends are fitting all the way into the distributor cap and are snug on the spark plug side. So it’d be groovy if you have checked out these items BEFORE you call. These are also the first questions I am going to ask you about when you call and ask for diagnostic help. They can only give you simple info (and sometimes, the wrong info). Aftermarket manuals can sometimes lead you down the wrong path since they are written for a year range of 10+ years or more. That has the most detailed and correct info for your year of 22R/22RE/22RTE. This is to be used as a basic guideline to start with diagnostics, there is no substitute for a FACTORY SERVICE MANUAL. ![]() Most of the time these diagnostics will get you 98% of the way to figuring out what is. Since there are a few hundred things it CAN be, I recommend starting with the basic stuff first. Everything from hard start issues, rough idle, mis-fire, lack of power….blah, blah, blah. I get dozens of calls every day with people trying to diagnose various issues with their 22R / 22RE / 22RTE engines.
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