The Nissan Path

Ok so I have a 93 with the 3.0 V6. The other day I was driving down the road and on acceleration I had some hesitation untill my speed leveled out. I came back to the house and parked it and it had somewhat of a rough idle. I changed the spark plug wires and it got worse. Then I changed the coil and it was still bad. So then I went to the MAF and it was still the same. When it got to operating temp it would shut off and I couldnt restart it. So then I changed the spark plugs and it got better but there is still something not right. When I turn on the A/C the power loss and idle still gets worse. Im at a loss of what the issue is now but after replacing all of that its still better than what is was after I replaced just the spark plug wires.

also be advised the check engine light is not on

I would start by testing your fuel pressure with a fuel pressure gauge and confirming there are no vacuum leaks. Then I would check for play in the distributor shaft and next a compression test, especially if there is a lot of time and mileage on the timing belt; it may have jumped a tooth. If it jumped at the crank sprocket or left cam sprocket, it would result in a jump in ignition timing (usually it retards it). So, putting a timing lot on it a seeing if the timing is out of spec might be worthwhile. Also, since it ran worse with the new wires, you may want to double-check your firing order.

Ok thanks. I was thinking fuel too. It has 69000 miles on so I wouldnt think timing but I f it isnt fuel im heading there next.

Also when I replaced the wires i replaced them one by one so i didnt mess up where they went.

Timing belt on the 93 Pathfinder is due at 60,000 miles.

Well today I drove it after replacing the fuel filter and air filter and it doesnt have any power under acceleration and going up hills but keeping a steady rpm its fine. But when it gets too warm (a little over operating temp), it wont stay running.

Replacing the fuel filter never hurts, but still doesn't tell us if the fuel pump output is within spec. That you need to test with a fuel pressure gauge.

Found out the person before me replaced two of the spark plug wires in the wrong spots so even though i replaced them one by one so i wouldnt mess it up they were still wrong. So issue fixed i got them in the right order. Thank you hanes manual haha and thanks yall for the input.