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View Poll Results: If you've gotten CEL due to a misfire, what were you doing when you got it?
Track driving
4
12.90%
Spirited driving
14
45.16%
Normal highway driving
7
22.58%
Normal around-town driving
3
9.68%
Stop-and-go traffic
1
3.23%
Sitting at idle
1
3.23%
Never got a misfire CEL
7
22.58%
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Misfire CEL

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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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Misfire CEL

I've heard a lot over time about people getting a CEL (Check Engine Light) due to a misfire (1st, 2nd, or random). I'm curious how many people have gotten them, and the type of driving they were doing at the time.

Any thoughts, guesses, experiments or inside info on the causes?
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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Mine was at the track But I think that was because I was under 1/4 tank fuel while exiting turn 7 WOT at Watkins Glenn which goes uphill.
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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Got 29k, haven't had a misfire CEL, or any CEL so far. Knocks on wood.
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 07:13 PM
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Track for me.....caused by fuel staration in LH turn.....second time around threw a hard code
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 07:18 PM
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I've gotten a couple at WOT. I would also get it when driving normally in a certain area. It was the weirdest thing, because I could actually time and predict when exactly it was going to happen.
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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 11:18 PM
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Just because you got a cell doesn't mean you had a misfire.

You would have to bring it in to get the code or have your own reader.
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Old Jul 1, 2006 | 06:17 AM
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Bump. Any more?
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 10:48 PM
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The only time I got one was after red lining it twice in a row, hasn't happened since.
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 11:06 PM
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under 1/4 tank of fuel and 3 high speed runs...

beers
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Old Jul 2, 2006 | 11:10 PM
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Running a 10:1 or richer A/F at 10 PSI of boost at 8500 RPM.
Pulling the A/F back to a reasonable 11:1 fixed it.
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