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Old 08-11-2008, 10:34 PM
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my car trips over itself when driving within the first mile of driving, then the service light kicks on, and the diagnostic says misfire in cylinder 4, what do i do?
 
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Old 08-11-2008, 10:41 PM
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Fix the misfire.
 
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Old 08-11-2008, 10:43 PM
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Tie its shoes!!
Ok seriously, because its specific to cylinder four, check the spark plug, wire... start with the basics. Report back and we'll go from there.
 
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Old 08-11-2008, 11:08 PM
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spark plug has been changed in cylinder 4 already, what now?
 
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Old 08-11-2008, 11:08 PM
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spark plug in cylinder 4 has already been changed what now?
 
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Old 08-12-2008, 02:50 AM
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I pick the ignition coil... NEXT!
 
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Old 08-12-2008, 10:44 AM
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Did you check the wire? Make sure it is snug on both ends, and that it is not burned anywhere.
 
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Do a compression test.
 
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Old 08-12-2008, 06:55 PM
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okay since i just went through just about all the steps fixing a misfire of my own....


1 plugs

2 wires

3 ignition coil

4 feul injectors

5. fuel filter

6. ignition modulator (thats what was causing mine)

7.compression test (lets hope you dont have to go here cus internal work aint cheap)
 




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