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Re: Random Cylinder Misfire???

Posted: December 9th, 2008, 9:55 am
by 1bolt
Still think you have map sensor issues... they aren't the kind of sensor that either works or doesn't they get worse... The one I killed with intake backfires didn't actually completely die, it just didn't work well enough to go over a mountain grade in open loop without having backfire issues after I fixed the o2 fuse. It got worse until I replaced it, which made the problem go away.

Re: Random Cylinder Misfire???

Posted: December 10th, 2008, 3:18 pm
by gradon
1bolt and car: Check out the last few posts on bratcop's project--that is what I think my cel culprit is. An out of sync cam pos sensor(even if it's a few degrees and seems to run fine) can set a misfire cel.

Re: Random Cylinder Misfire???

Posted: December 12th, 2008, 6:48 am
by bratcop
I was thinking the same thing, except that mine eventually downgrades by starting to miss noticeably, mostly while idleing. I turn it off and retart it , and the miss is gone. The article I linked in my project build explained this perfectly...
For the record, I am getting the P1391 code from the obdII

Bratcop

Re: Random Cylinder Misfire???

Posted: December 15th, 2008, 2:26 pm
by gradon
I just sync'd mine up(had to rotate distro ~15* ccw) and cleared the 1391 code. I drove around the block and the code didn't come back. I'll see if it stays clear tonight.

Re: Random Cylinder Misfire???

Posted: December 18th, 2008, 10:21 am
by AlexTJ
I have this problem but its 4 & 6, along with the random

Re: Random Cylinder Misfire???

Posted: December 18th, 2008, 11:18 am
by gradon
The CEL still hasn't come back so on my 96 a P1391 random ignition misfire code can be set by an out-of-sync cam position sensor.

Re: Random Cylinder Misfire???

Posted: December 18th, 2008, 11:22 am
by AlexTJ
gradon wrote:The CEL still hasn't come back so on my 96 a P1391 random ignition misfire code can be set by an out-of-sync cam position sensor.
But I wonder if that could that also fix the specific cylinder codes?