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    Misfire issue

    Now here is the real kicker. I filled the tank from 1/4 and the misfire went away completely. I feel like I am getting this issue only when fuel is under 1/2. I put in 2 bottles of heat to treat for possible water and will check back from that.
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    Misfire issue

    More misfire issues I replaced the ground again last week. Go to drive the car this morning and now I have 2 codes again. P0171 and P0300. The car is freaking out and the engine light is flashing. The plugs, coil pack, icm, and plug boots are all new within the last 5k miles. I have checked...
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    Misfire issue

    The $3 fix is what im going to do, but i dont want to have to keep doing it every few months.
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    Misfire issue

    Surprise surprise. The misfire i swore i cured came back about a week ago. Worse than the 1st time. I really need a permanent fix for this. Its middle of winter and i dont have a garage to work on this thing in constantly. Anyone have any ideas?
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    FS: valve cover

    It popped up on my recent. Idk why.
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    FS: valve cover

    That listing is from 2009...
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    Misfire issue

    Well after driving all around yesterday and not having the engine light come on or the car misfire at all, I'm going to call the issue cured. I still have the hatred for the car, but now its because I spent a chunk of money on issue that was a $3 fix. Lol. Now time to go back to audio things.
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    Misfire issue

    So I swapped out that ground. Drove the car for about 45 minutes and have no misfire. I'm hoping it was just a corroded wire.
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    Misfire issue

    Its not always 30 minutes. Sometimes it doesn't do it at all. I have a random misfire code that pops up from time to time, but not constant. I live in Iowa so no saltwater. Where is the ground strap located? My grandparents owned the car and when I got it, it looked like it had never been washed...
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    Misfire issue

    The coil pack is brand new from my work(Oreillys). I got the car with 49k miles on it from my grand parents who were going to scrap it due to the ignition recall(they were scared). The miss started at about 53k.
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    Misfire issue

    I'm gonna check timing and rockers on Tuesday since that's my only day off.
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    Misfire issue

    I'm gonna have to do that either over the weekend or next Tuesday. I get off at 10 every night so its tough.
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    Misfire issue

    Running the NGK iridium plugs. I didnt gap them, but I did carefully check them with a feeler gauge and they were right on. I've swapped them around a few times checking stuff and its still cyl 1-3 missing. ---------- Post added at 04:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:28 PM ----------...
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    Misfire issue

    It feels like a misfire, but it only happens in drive. The miss may be from the fuel pump cutting out tho. The car jerks when I'm driving and acts like it's going to die. The car only has 57k miles on it.
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    Misfire issue

    Every cylinder reads within 2-3 of this. So valve issue is out of the picture. ---------- Post added at 03:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:49 AM ---------- But all my plugs look like this.
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