Misfire
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Definitions
A failure of the engine to ignite the fuel-air mixture in one or more cylinders
Gerry community context
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- Vexing Subtle Misfire Issues
Historical mailing list · Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:17:00 -0700
...Sensor is new, misfire happens even when ECU is in open loop, and wideband O2 sensor indicates same misfire. -Temp II. New sensor. Checks...
- High RPM Misfire -- Update
Historical mailing list · Mon, 20 Sep 1999 08:30:55 -0500
...So I took it for a drive and for the first 5-6 minutes it ran good then the misfire fire started again. I...
- Help strange misfire 45 mi from home
Historical mailing list · Sat, 6 Oct 2012 15:41:16 -0700
Van runs fine but have had violent misfire every few miles on trip. Ideas? Got back from shop 3 weeks ago and ran good...
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