CEL and bogging
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So I finally researched and found out the firing order to our motor. #1 cylinder is closet to the radiator and it increases as you head towards the rear. (Checked all vacuum hoses and they were good and connected) Swapped coil #1 with #2 and the cel followed! Ah ha!! p0301 this time with the p1399 and no more p1410. I cleared the code and then I swap the coil (which was cylinder #1) that's misfiring to cylinder #3 but no cel still misfiring. With a little more driving, I hope to get a misfiring code for which ever cylinder the bad coil is currently plugged too. If so, mystery solved!
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Originally Posted by Mr._ap1' timestamp='1323059779' post='21210746
So I finally researched and found out the firing order to our motor. #1 cylinder is closet to the radiator and it increases as you head towards the rear. (Checked all vacuum hoses and they were good and connected) Swapped coil #1 with #2 and the cel followed! Ah ha!! p0301 this time with the p1399 and no more p1410. I cleared the code and then I swap the coil (which was cylinder #1) that's misfiring to cylinder #3 but no cel still misfiring. With a little more driving, I hope to get a misfiring code for which ever cylinder the bad coil is currently plugged too. If so, mystery solved!
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Originally Posted by NFRAP2' timestamp='1323061839' post='21210814
[quote name='Mr._ap1' timestamp='1323059779' post='21210746']
So I finally researched and found out the firing order to our motor. #1 cylinder is closet to the radiator and it increases as you head towards the rear. (Checked all vacuum hoses and they were good and connected) Swapped coil #1 with #2 and the cel followed! Ah ha!! p0301 this time with the p1399 and no more p1410. I cleared the code and then I swap the coil (which was cylinder #1) that's misfiring to cylinder #3 but no cel still misfiring. With a little more driving, I hope to get a misfiring code for which ever cylinder the bad coil is currently plugged too. If so, mystery solved!
So I finally researched and found out the firing order to our motor. #1 cylinder is closet to the radiator and it increases as you head towards the rear. (Checked all vacuum hoses and they were good and connected) Swapped coil #1 with #2 and the cel followed! Ah ha!! p0301 this time with the p1399 and no more p1410. I cleared the code and then I swap the coil (which was cylinder #1) that's misfiring to cylinder #3 but no cel still misfiring. With a little more driving, I hope to get a misfiring code for which ever cylinder the bad coil is currently plugged too. If so, mystery solved!
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Yes, P0302 would mean that you need to replace the coil in cylinder #2 (assuming you swapped it back into cylinder 2 after testing it in cylinder 1).
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You mentioned that you have 100k miles on your s2k... have the valves ever been adjusted? If not, you need to adjust them anyway and then proceed with troubleshooting. You don't want to drive the car too much with it misfiring as it can damage your catalytic converter and will dilute your oil with fuel. Adjust the valves ASAP (search the forum and/or google for write ups) and let us know how the car is running at that point.
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I did the VA and all were good except cylinder 3 exhaust was tight and cylinder 2 intake was very loose. I'm going to be rechecking the clearance again and would the motor be okay with the valve cover off till this weekend? (I did do a tight cover on the motor with a t-shirt)
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I did the VA and all were good except cylinder 3 exhaust was tight and cylinder 2 intake was very loose. I'm going to be rechecking the clearance again and would the motor be okay with the valve cover off till this weekend? (I did do a tight cover on the motor with a t-shirt)