NorthstarWhite99GSX
Probationary Member
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- Apr 14, 2020
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Lincoln,
California
Let's start at the beginning. Way back in the long, long time ago, March, I changed out my wires and plugs. For the next 5000 miles everything ran as it should, then of course something happened.
On my runs up and down interstate 80 for my move from Truckee I stated feeling some hesitation going back up the hill. Not much hesitation but enough to notice something wasn't performing as it should. Trip after trip up and down the hill the hesitation would occur more frequently. I plugged my obd reader in and a #4 misfire code was being thrown, along with the multiple misfire code here and there. To make sure it wasn't something easy to fix I swapped the plug wires for #3 & #4, still got #4 misfire code. Replaced #4 plug and same things happening.
So here I am about to replace one of my ignition coils but as I take a closer look at things I see something a little troubling. All the information I see says that the plug order of the coils, from left to right as standing in front of the engine, is 4-1-2-3.
Why do I see this...20201008_105623.jpg
4-1-3-2!
Should the engine run as it does with this configuration? I'm tempted to swap the wires at the coil to the correct order. Not sure why this works as it does.
On my runs up and down interstate 80 for my move from Truckee I stated feeling some hesitation going back up the hill. Not much hesitation but enough to notice something wasn't performing as it should. Trip after trip up and down the hill the hesitation would occur more frequently. I plugged my obd reader in and a #4 misfire code was being thrown, along with the multiple misfire code here and there. To make sure it wasn't something easy to fix I swapped the plug wires for #3 & #4, still got #4 misfire code. Replaced #4 plug and same things happening.
So here I am about to replace one of my ignition coils but as I take a closer look at things I see something a little troubling. All the information I see says that the plug order of the coils, from left to right as standing in front of the engine, is 4-1-2-3.
Why do I see this...20201008_105623.jpg
4-1-3-2!
Should the engine run as it does with this configuration? I'm tempted to swap the wires at the coil to the correct order. Not sure why this works as it does.