P0353 hell
#1
P0353 hell
Lately I've been having a horrible time with this P0353. Car is a 24x LT1 TransAm so the code is actually for cylinder #2 not #3. This happened before last October with the same code. It would actually start missing during normal driving and then fix itself shortly after. I replaced the coil anyway and haven't had problems until these last 2 weeks now that I'm driving it again since the snow is gone and it's dry out.
I took the car on a 250 mile round trip and it did great until just before getting home, I noticed it was missing. Hptuners showed a P0353 again. Checked plugs and noticed #2 was dark so I put a brand new coil in, checked all wires and got 40 ohms on all of them, changed plugs to TR55's gapped at 0.055". It ran fine for a about a second then started missing again.
Put my last new spare coil on, didn't make a difference. Checked the coil harness and got continuity on all wires. Checked continuity from connector at coil #2 to PCM and it was fine. Although I couldn't find the 12v reference pinout on the PCM if anyone has that info.
So the other day I changed out the fuel injectors to stock 24#ers (I was troubleshooting a separate minor issue that these injectors didn't fix) and it ran fine for the 20ish minutes I drove it. Put my 30's back in randomly and it drove fine again until today.
Now I attempted to drive it again and it ran fine for about a minute then started missing, P0353. So I came back home, swapped coils with a good cylinder, made sure all wires were connected nice and tight and tried it again. Worked fine for another minute so I went WOT real quick and came to a stop for a light. When I tried to go again, it was missing. P0353.
I don't know what else to do besides try a new PCM. Harness is from BP Automotive so it's new and constructed well. I'm using AC Delco D514A coils, MSD wires, 0411 PCM from EFI Connection.
I took the car on a 250 mile round trip and it did great until just before getting home, I noticed it was missing. Hptuners showed a P0353 again. Checked plugs and noticed #2 was dark so I put a brand new coil in, checked all wires and got 40 ohms on all of them, changed plugs to TR55's gapped at 0.055". It ran fine for a about a second then started missing again.
Put my last new spare coil on, didn't make a difference. Checked the coil harness and got continuity on all wires. Checked continuity from connector at coil #2 to PCM and it was fine. Although I couldn't find the 12v reference pinout on the PCM if anyone has that info.
So the other day I changed out the fuel injectors to stock 24#ers (I was troubleshooting a separate minor issue that these injectors didn't fix) and it ran fine for the 20ish minutes I drove it. Put my 30's back in randomly and it drove fine again until today.
Now I attempted to drive it again and it ran fine for about a minute then started missing, P0353. So I came back home, swapped coils with a good cylinder, made sure all wires were connected nice and tight and tried it again. Worked fine for another minute so I went WOT real quick and came to a stop for a light. When I tried to go again, it was missing. P0353.
I don't know what else to do besides try a new PCM. Harness is from BP Automotive so it's new and constructed well. I'm using AC Delco D514A coils, MSD wires, 0411 PCM from EFI Connection.
#2
Do u mean ls1? Lt 1 has opti spark I thought. If it's an ls1 try a crank relearn. So times the crank sensor ***** up and u will get a misfire code .actually just googled it. It is coil 3. Bad coil or open circut. Or bad pcm.try swapping coil 3
Last edited by jimmyg; 03-03-2016 at 09:15 PM.
#3
I converted to 24x meaning I'm running an LS1 PCM with coil-per-cylinder ignition. Since the LT1 has a different firing order than the LS1, cylinders 2 and 3 had to be swapped in the wire harness. I don't think a crank relearn will help because I really am getting a miss on cylinder #2. I can't think of what else to try besides another PCM but how common is that for a PCM to cause a problem like this?
#5
Yeah I just did a bunch of searching and found one guy in a thread from 2014 who said he had intermittent misfiring on #5 that kept getting worse and swapping PCM's solved it. They even put the PCM in a different car and the problem followed. Unfortunately I don't have anyone around here I can swap PCM's with so I'll probably just buy another one. I saw ebay had them for cheap but I want a little more piece of mind so I'll be buying from EFI Connection for $200. Still better than $350 at rockauto.
#7
Good to hear you resolved the problem. I was betting on an intermittent connection in the harness.
Thanks for closing the loop and posting the solution. Hopefully you save someone else from future problems.
Thanks for closing the loop and posting the solution. Hopefully you save someone else from future problems.