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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 06:09 PM
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cold start this morning ran fine , drove about half a mile .
it started missing bad ,turned it around and got it home .

got home from work ,changed all the plugs (ngk tr55)
and swaped in a diff set of wires (napa wires)

motor is still missing bad , but only on the odd numbered cilinders.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 07:03 PM
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i tried swaping the coils from left to right ,and had the same result .
all odd numbered cilinders are misfiring
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:42 PM
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It sounds like it would have to be a wiring problem, check the connection that coil pack.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:29 PM
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i am so screwed, came home today ,trouble shot the car again ,now it runs fine . WTF
how do you find a gremlin in camo
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 07:59 PM
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Check the ground on the back side of the driver head. It will be loose bet ya money. There has been numerous problems with them at our dealership. If it is not loose clean and tighten the hell out of it.
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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 07:16 AM
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checked all the conections did a visual of the harness, and re did both of the grounds on the cilinder heads. motor is running better but is not fixed yet .
# 7 cil is still miss firing badly and a few others also but not as bad as #7
and it doesnt do it all the time ,but when it does happen it is a constant miss.
it will clear with a rev of the motor but then comes back.
also the motor is on solid mounts ,it does not move ,and has been on these mounts for a year .
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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could it have just been bad gas? i re tightened both ground straps,still had a misfire.
took it out filled up with gas had a few light misses.now all are gone .
i have watched for misfires with the predator on 4-40 mile trips .
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 10:18 AM
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I had a misfiring problem similar to what yours sounds like. My crankshaft sensor wire was grounding out on the header, causing misfiring, sometimes bad enough to kill the car. I insulated the wire and have had no problems since.
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