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Old 12-04-2017, 06:51 PM   #1
JayG
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Odd problem, simple solution

A couple of weeks a go, I went to go for a drive, started her up and she was running rough. A few seconds later, the CEL popped on. Now I know I have a bad cat, so that's not so unusual, the rough idle was.

Connected my OBD2 adapter and it was throwing a CYL 5 misfire code. Shut it down and since I have 92k on the clock and had a cyl 3 missfire about a year ago, I figured it was a coil pack going bad. I ordered a new one online and went to put it in last night and when I check the coil pack, both bolts were missing! It was also loose.

Pushed it in, found a pair of bolts from the last one I replaced and guess what??? Runs just like it is supposed to.

Now I have a spare coil pack for my track box right next to my spare ABS sensor
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