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Old 09-25-2008, 01:36 PM
mpolli mpolli is offline
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Originally Posted by georgeb View Post
Could be a bad coil too, but this is an easy problem to track down. Look at your codes and it should tell you which cylinder is misfiring.
Once you determine which one it is then switch the connector with a different coil and see if the misfire follows it. try switching the coils.
Did you try George's idea? Could be a coil. They can go bad and be heat sensitive.
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