Is She Dead?
01-02-2015, 04:30 PM
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Is She Dead?
A couple of weeks ago, I was on my way home from work doing about 70 on the highway. All of a sudden, the car made a loud POOF sound and then ran rough all the way home. I used Torque to get the code, and it was throwing a P0301 (cylinder 1 misfire), and running VERY rough. If I let it idle, it would die.
Fast forward to now, I checked the coils and wires for spark, they all checked out good. So, i decided to check the plugs. The first one I pulled was the rotor 1 Lead plug. It had been ruined by something hitting it. All of the other plugs looked good, just the one was damaged. I replaced the plug, and it still misses horribly and won't idle. I also get a multiple misfire code as well.
Could this be a sign of blown apex seals? The car has 127K miles on it, and other than this, I have never had a single problem with it other than longer cranking times when it was warm.
Thanks!
Here is a link to what the plug looks like http://imgur.com/gallery/xgAYX/new
Fast forward to now, I checked the coils and wires for spark, they all checked out good. So, i decided to check the plugs. The first one I pulled was the rotor 1 Lead plug. It had been ruined by something hitting it. All of the other plugs looked good, just the one was damaged. I replaced the plug, and it still misses horribly and won't idle. I also get a multiple misfire code as well.
Could this be a sign of blown apex seals? The car has 127K miles on it, and other than this, I have never had a single problem with it other than longer cranking times when it was warm.
Thanks!
Here is a link to what the plug looks like http://imgur.com/gallery/xgAYX/new
01-02-2015, 11:01 PM
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Paimon, we pulled an engine from this car and it actually started and ran, they drove it off the tow truck in to the garage and he had been driving it for a while at college this way.
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01-03-2015, 09:10 AM
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Holy crap! How did it run?!?
No, I didn't drive mine. Once I got it home, I limped it next to the garage, and it's been cold and snowy, so yesterday was the first time that I've had a chance to dig into it.
No, I didn't drive mine. Once I got it home, I limped it next to the garage, and it's been cold and snowy, so yesterday was the first time that I've had a chance to dig into it.
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