I had a similar thing happen, and the code came up as a Cyl 3 misfire. after checking everything i pulled the head... turns out I dropped a valve in cyl 3.

damaged the piston and head

 

OUCH!


Still wish i knew why my pistons were chewed up

 

I came over to your house and took awl to your pistons... and then broke out the soldering gun too add some uneven spots

 

I am needing to change the wires anyway. I replaced them last with Valucraps(even $hitter than Dura-no-lasts) at 120,000. It has 169,000 on it now! I am going to get Taylor 8.2s (in purple!) from Jegs or Summit. But first i am going to change the wires with cheap Valucraps again. If it works, I will box up the Valucraps, take em back to AutoZone, and get the Taylor wires. I will hopefully do a compression test today or tomorrow.

 

BlueBeast2- Didnt tdrex have the same problem as us?

 

Maybe the Flux Capacitor isn't getting the necessary 1.21 Gigawatts.

 

yeah he had a cracked head.


VW with all the lights I have that could be my problem lol

PCnofixer I wouldn't doubt that one bit

 

Purple, the best thing you can do right now is cut to the chase and run a full compression test. If you're getting consistent misfire codes on #2 & #4 after messing around with the wires, cap, etc., then there's something going on inside those cylinders.

Make sure you pull all of your plugs and set your TB to WOT for the test. I realized I had a bad #8 when I compared it to the others -- #8 was 140 and all the others were 175 to 180. I knew then that I had a problem, and running a leakdown test confirmed it.

Good luck and let us know what your results are.

 

Ok, I shulda asked this question earlier. Which ones are #2 and 4?

Wow, i feel stupid!

 

Right bank (pass side) are 2-4-6-8 front to back.

Left bank (driver's side) are 1-3-5-7 front to back.