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Multiple Misfire

Old May 24, 2010 | 06:26 PM
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Hey Fellas,

So I install my new shocks and go for a test drive and wow what a difference!! If you have old shocks, replace em you won't regret it. Anyway so I'm on my test drive lovin the new ride and I hit the ramp for the highway and I put her to the floor WOT and she goes great with smooth power until I hit 3rd gear and the CEL starts flashing at me WTF!!! So as I am slowing down it stays on solid and it seems to drive and run fine, so I continue how to get my hypertech out to read the codes and I got 7 total all misfires P0: 300,301,304,305,306,307,308. So I guess the only two that behaved was #2+3 LOL.
It was recently tuned up with Napa echlin and champ. truck plugs gapped at 45( I run a glass pack and open air filter jacobs C-4 coil) and a 87 octane tune from my Hypertech tuner fuel pump, p/up coil is new.
Drove it today and all was fine???? not so much as a hiccup any ideas guys? Much appreciated
 
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Old May 24, 2010 | 10:58 PM
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Reset PCM and try it again. Could have been a fluke or bad fuel. Nothing is going to fail and give you 8 codes in 10 seconds.

Also, your plugs are gapped wrong.

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Old May 24, 2010 | 11:37 PM
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regap the plugs to .040 and get some fresh gas i agree with indy, probably a fluke, idk of anything that will fail and throw that many codes that fast
 
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Old May 25, 2010 | 05:07 PM
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Re-gap the plugs as everyone states unless you are running some kind of performance output coil. Even with my MSD ignition I found that running .042 was perfect for my build which was pretty built.


Could also be a bad Camshaft Sensor (AKA...Pick Up Sensor) located under the Distributor cap or lazy coil.


Reset the PCM as Indy states.
 
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 02:35 PM
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Okay, heres the update.... Reset the PCM and then reprog the 87 octane tune from the Hypertech and all is well. Must have been a fluke??

I have yet to regap the plugs to 42 Hydra, but I will as the C-4 coil I'm running is high output.

Thanks for the input fellas
 
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Old Jun 6, 2010 | 04:12 PM
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It worked great for me and my MSD performance ignition.
 
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