Just installed new water pump, timing belt, valve cover gaskets, plugs and wires. The problem is it now runs like hell if it will start. Tore it back down to check the TB. Its as good as it can get. I noticed that the mitsu service manual lists the coil order "C" 2-5,"B" 4-1, "A" 6-3. The intake manifold lists them as 5-2,1-4,3-6. So which is correct?
The spark plug tube o-ring was gone so my plug tubes were filling with oil and when I took the plugs out some oil dripped into the cylinders. When it initially started,it was smoking like it was getting sea foamed. I had some oil leaking out from around the 02 sensor on the driverside manifold when it started. I checked the plugs once again to see if they were fouled,had a bad connection,whatever. Plugs look ok, A little black but considering the circumstances, ok.
The only code it tripped was a po 500 which is the VSS.That too is strange. Any ideas??

From one blue eyea to another, ain't this new fangled stuff the very hoodoo?

The basic firing order on the early 6g72's is 123456. The spark method is waste spark, with double headed coils, firing two cylinders at once, one on the compression stroke, and the other one, the "wasted" <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/drunk.gif" alt="" /> spark fires on the exhaust stroke, where it makes no difference. If you work off the firing order above, when 1 is on the power stroke, 4 is on the exhaust stroke, 3 power pulses away, so 1 should pair with 4, 2 with 5, and 3 with 6.

I don't have a manual for a 00, but the 95 coil on plug dohc motor had the following identifications.

• coil on 1 has plug wire to 4. coil+ is black/white. coil- is blue/red
• coil on 2 has plug wire to 5. coil+ is black/white. coil- is blue/black
• coil on 3 has plug wire to 6. coil+ is black/white. coil- is blue/yellow.

The power transistor(s) are where the coil- wire goes, so you can check the stripe colors there.

Mitsu is often consistent from year to year, so this might help.

ok. I'm familiar with the wasted spark system. My major question is this; Is the book right with the 254163 as far as coils to plugs go or is the manifold right with the 521436? My concern is the primary side of coil and the secondary side of the coil.Even with the wasted spark its still possible to fire cyl. 4 first instead of firing cyl 1 correct? This makes sense to me since the engine ran a little better at higher RPM and fell dead at idle.
Another question is why a Vehicle Speed Sensor code,when the truck isn't moving? That would lead me to worry about my ECU. Because it tells the coils when to fire and sends signal to the VSS. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />