Started missfire again this morning, everything was damp here. I checked out wires tonight. A little water spray on the wires at the coil brought out some nasty arcing from wire to mounting bolt from cylinder #1 boot. Popped it off and there was lots of corrosion. Looks like I need some new...
Everything looks good so far. The code has gone away. I guess it cycled through enough starts without dropping the cylinder. I am keeping an eye on it, but it seems ok. Problems don't fix themselves so I wait to see if it pops back up and under what conditions. The search continues.
Thanks Inski. You reinforced where I was headed. Its not a big deal, the car runs great. I am sure it will be something stupid like an arcing wire. It started after a night of heavy winds and rain.
Hey no worries Tim. This car is solid and I love it! This trouble code could come up for many different reasons, some of which are as small as a bad shot of gas. I have zero regrets with buying this car. I will work through it and it runs great even though it threw a code. If it isn't...
03 2.5 ts wagon, 114k miles. Newish plugs. I could hear a misfire on start up the other morning at high idle. Once the car warmed up it seemed fine. Now I have the dreaded po301, cylinder 1 misfire. I havn't looked for much as I just pulled the code this morning.
On my list of things to...
Anyone need a loyale wagon rear gate? It is in pretty good shape, just a little rust around window area in one spot. It has no glass. If no one wants it I am just going to take out the wiper motor and harness and scrap it.