service engine soon light
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Staging Lane
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From: rapid city SD
service engine soon light the other day coming home from work my car started shaking at 65mph in 6gear and soon after my service engine soon light came on. i went to a friends house to see if he can run an engine diagnostic check but he didnt have the right year program, but it did say something regarding mulitple random missfires. the guy is kind of a dumbass and told me it was because i was a court low on oil (which dosent make sence to me) and deleted the error code. do the error codes come back up if the engine is still having problems? i dont honestly to much about cars but i was wondering if anyone could help me?
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Staging Lane
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From: rapid city SD
no i didnt get the exact code but i did have a problem with a coil a while ago i wonder if it might have finally given out or something, but will the error code come back or am i just screwed outta trying to trouble shoot the problem that way
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low oil has nothing to do with misfire. Your friend has no idea what he is talking about, sorry to say it. I wouldn't let that guy touch my car if I were you. Random misfire just means there are several cylinders misfiring. The code will come back once the misfire counts for the cylinders reach a certain number. I would do a tune up and see how everything works out.
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Staging Lane
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From: rapid city SD
alright ill try some new plugs and wires and wut not, does anyone know of a way to make changing the plugs less time consuming? last time i did them it took around 2 hours to do just because of the passenger side
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Staging Lane
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From: rapid city SD
alright thanx guys it does seem like changing the plugs and wires did the trick, one of the wires was gashed and thats probably what was causing the miss, thanx a lot for all your help.
