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Okay, this is the 3rd straight week I've had a problem with Ebony. Earlier this week my check engine light came on. So I pull the code and I get p0116 (coolant temperature sensor). So I clear the code and I figure if it comes back I'll go to the dealer or see if i can replace the sensor myself.
A couple days later the light comes back on. I pull the code yesterday expecting it to be the same thing and now the p0116 is gone and I have a p0300 (multiple cylinder misfire) and a p0304,p0301, and one more cylinder I can't remember.
My car does have 38,000 miles and Has not had the 30k miles service done and i know that a tune up is done at that interval. I would like to know is it normal for all to be well one day and then be running on 4 cylinders the next. And before I start paying $12 a plug and doing the tune up tomorrow is there something else I should check out.
A few years back when my lexus sc400 starting missing this bad on a road trip back to college I gave it a tune up with plugs and wires and even changed o2 sensors and it turns out there was a short in one of the coil packs ( it had 2, one for each bank). Being as though the maser has individual coils for each cylinder like the jag I don't see that being the issue.
I went outside tonight and pulled one plug and it is the NGK 5851 pmr8a. Is that the stock plug or has some work been done?
Also what options do I have as far as plugs so far I've came up with
NGK 5851
SplitFire sf430c or tp430c
Autolite
Thanks in advance.
A couple days later the light comes back on. I pull the code yesterday expecting it to be the same thing and now the p0116 is gone and I have a p0300 (multiple cylinder misfire) and a p0304,p0301, and one more cylinder I can't remember.
My car does have 38,000 miles and Has not had the 30k miles service done and i know that a tune up is done at that interval. I would like to know is it normal for all to be well one day and then be running on 4 cylinders the next. And before I start paying $12 a plug and doing the tune up tomorrow is there something else I should check out.
A few years back when my lexus sc400 starting missing this bad on a road trip back to college I gave it a tune up with plugs and wires and even changed o2 sensors and it turns out there was a short in one of the coil packs ( it had 2, one for each bank). Being as though the maser has individual coils for each cylinder like the jag I don't see that being the issue.
I went outside tonight and pulled one plug and it is the NGK 5851 pmr8a. Is that the stock plug or has some work been done?
Also what options do I have as far as plugs so far I've came up with
NGK 5851
SplitFire sf430c or tp430c
Autolite
Thanks in advance.