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Old Apr 1, 2011 | 02:59 AM
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It's ap1 and has only about 51000 miles.. I keep getting misfire on 1&2. First time when I got it I changed coils numbers order to 4 3 2 1.. And deleted the codes.. In a few weeks I got the same misfire on 1&2 so it wasn't coils.. So I bought brand new spark plug and installed em and delete the codes.. A fewdays later I got the misfires again.. What can I do now?
Car runs well.. Please help me
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Old Apr 1, 2011 | 01:23 PM
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Still locking for help
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Old Apr 2, 2011 | 11:02 AM
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Try setting the clearances on your valves, or do a search for more info
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Old Apr 2, 2011 | 02:33 PM
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Btw my s2000 is getting high ground resistance when engine is shut off. I'm thinking it's causing the misfires.. What can I do??
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Old Apr 2, 2011 | 02:41 PM
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This may sound ridiculous, but I was getting CELs for misfires on 1&3, and Random/Mult misfire. They seemed to randomly come and go and I never really noticed any difference while I was driving. I finally got annoyed enough to try and fix it when I read the sticker by my gas cap. It said to tighten to 3-4 clicks or it may cause a CEL. Ever since then I am sure to tighten the gas cap at least 4 clicks. No joke, I haven't got a CEL since (but my pride took a shot lol) Good luck!
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Old Apr 2, 2011 | 03:01 PM
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Yeah.. But, I don't think that's my case.. It maybe but.. Idk
I got those cel lights, a few days after putting putting gas so.. Probably not.
I'll try to adjust valves and get new injectors
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Old Apr 2, 2011 | 03:19 PM
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compression test?
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Old Apr 4, 2011 | 09:16 PM
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Run compression test first. and tell us the numbers
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Old Apr 4, 2011 | 11:56 PM
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My misfire issue turned out to be injectors, but a friends was bent valves. Try doing a comp test first and post the #'s.
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Old Apr 5, 2011 | 05:23 AM
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gas cap seal migt have a TINY crack in it. mine did and the pressure loss in the tank caused a CEL. I have also heard of and known of a couple of people that had mechanically over revved engines that they had bent valves. A leakdown test revealed the issues as well as an attempt to adjust the valves finding cracked spring retainers
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