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2002 Malibu Misfire (0P305)


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bccy
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Oct 18, 2013, 3:05 PM

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2002 Chevy Malibu 3.1L with almost 200k miles.

Driving the other day check engine light started flashing. At the red light idle is pretty rough. Got home and checked it with the scan tool and says it has a misfire in cylinder 5. So far I've changed all the plugs and wires, switched coil packs, switched fuel injectors and always get the same thing. What else could be the problem?


Hammer Time
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Oct 18, 2013, 3:20 PM

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How did the color of the plug tip compare with the other cylinders (lighter or darker)



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bccy
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Oct 18, 2013, 3:26 PM

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They were all really bad and corroded, it didn't look much different than the others though.


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Oct 18, 2013, 3:29 PM

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Well, reading the plugs is how you determine if you are dealing with an ignition problem or a fuel problem.



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bccy
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Oct 18, 2013, 3:31 PM

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Well, I swapped the coil packs and injectors. Wouldn't that move the misfire to another cylinder? I couldn't tell much from the plugs.


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Oct 18, 2013, 3:55 PM

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That eliminates a few components but you still don't know if you're dealing with a fuel problem or a spark problem and that's the first thing you need to determine.

You might be able to use a spark tester to determine that.



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bccy
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Oct 18, 2013, 4:27 PM

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Ok, pulled the plugs back out. Heres what they look like:



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Oct 18, 2013, 4:28 PM

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Which cylinder did the one on the right come out of? ....................................Also the one on the left for that matter.



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(This post was edited by Hammer Time on Oct 18, 2013, 4:29 PM)


bccy
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Oct 18, 2013, 4:38 PM

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Cylinder 5 on the right, cylinder 2 on the left.


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Oct 18, 2013, 4:40 PM

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OK, looks like you have an ignition problem then. If you have swapped the coils around and the miss didn't move, you may have a bad ignition module, assuming the wires are good and in the correct order.



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bccy
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Oct 18, 2013, 4:41 PM

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All brand new wires and did swap the coils.


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Oct 18, 2013, 4:52 PM

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I assume you have checked compression already, right?



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bccy
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Oct 18, 2013, 4:57 PM

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Yeah






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