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11-21-2007, 03:51 AM
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[Slightly Off Topic] Nice, I use gmail for my e-mail and the topic reply notifications got me this advert:
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11-21-2007, 04:21 AM
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Originally Posted by H!cks,Nov 21 2007, 12:37 PM
P0301 7 - 1 P1399 ____ Cylinder 1 Misfire Detected
P0300 with
P030# and/or P1399 __ Random Misfire
P0300 with
P030# and/or P1399 __ Random Misfire
The codes don't seem to be much help when it comes to something mechanically wrong, rather than a sensor misbehaving. That's my understanding anyway (I don't know anything about engines).
11-21-2007, 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Dembo,Nov 21 2007, 01:21 PM
When I had a misfire I had two of those generic misfire codes. But it didn't tell them anything so they had to go through trying a load of things to narrow it down. It turned out to be the injectors in my case, but that was after they'd confirmed the compression was okay.
The codes don't seem to be much help when it comes to something mechanically wrong, rather than a sensor misbehaving. That's my understanding anyway (I don't know anything about engines).
The codes don't seem to be much help when it comes to something mechanically wrong, rather than a sensor misbehaving. That's my understanding anyway (I don't know anything about engines).
11-21-2007, 06:14 AM
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Its not too difficult to fault find a misfire. Even less excuse if its sat in a dealership and you have lots of nice tools around you!
Some hints in my signature on misfires.
Where it gets tricky is if its none of the obvious things. Then they have to start earning their corn. Or rather, that's whent hey clutch at straws and start charging you lots for parts they dont need.
Some hints in my signature on misfires.
Where it gets tricky is if its none of the obvious things. Then they have to start earning their corn. Or rather, that's whent hey clutch at straws and start charging you lots for parts they dont need.
11-21-2007, 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by DrummerBoy,Nov 21 2007, 12:33 PM
Yeah, I know what you mean about the plugs it's just 170 quid that I didn't need to spend last week and didn't make any difference to the problem with the car!