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Old 05-15-2011 | 11:10 PM
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i have a 99 camaro 3.8 and a few days ago the check engine light came on. when going from 0 to about 40 or 50 mph the car runs like **** with a real bad hestitation and the seems to run fine. i got a obd reading p0303 cylinder 3 misfire reading. please help! will the car run like i explained because of this reading?
 
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Old 05-15-2011 | 11:16 PM
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Yes. Sounds like You need some spark plugs and plug wires. It could also be a ignition coil that has gone bad.
 
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Old 05-16-2011 | 12:01 AM
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ok...i just ordered a ignition coil pack. ill try that first ad see if that fixes the problem. if not ill change the plugs
 
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Old 05-16-2011 | 05:38 PM
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update....there is white smoke coming out of the exhaust. i checked the oil and that looks ok but coolant looks brown and there is a light brown.....looks kinda like sludge on the inside of the cap and on the plastic strip that runs from the overflow cap down into the overflow. any ideas?
 
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Old 05-16-2011 | 09:59 PM
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Sounds like you have some oil in your coolant to me. That would be bad.
 
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Old 07-06-2011 | 04:01 PM
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yes it sounds like a head gasket. Better that than a cracked head. (cheaper I mean, if you can do it yourself,) Either way not good though. good luck...
 




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