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Jul 12, 2007 | 03:33 AM

flippincamaro

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Engine misfire

I had msd wires on my car and have had a miss well, we put it on the scanner last night and had like 36 misfires on number 6, So I bought some new wires today from the local store, Well I have a smoother idle now, But I hooked the scanner back up and every now and then i will have a misfire show up on numbers 4 and 8, Mostly 4 though, Is this normal? It isnt setting a light just my scanner is picking up a miss every now and then on those 2 cyclinders? Thanks for any help, Maybe it just does this? Hell I dont know?

Jul 12, 2007 | 08:44 PM

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Double and triple check all plug wires. They are VERY easy not to get on the all the way.

Jul 12, 2007 | 11:30 PM

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It is totally normal for the misfire counter to pick up one or two here and there. It's the consecutive counts you need to worry about. If the computer thinks it's a problem, it will tell you. Don't try and over analyze otherwise normal data patterns, you'll just pull your hair out.

Jul 13, 2007 | 03:41 PM