Would a loose Intercooler hose clamp (Leak) cause a 304?

[rborgia]

I received a P304 (Cylinder Misfire) and noticed the car was not boosting past 5psi and has lost lots of pickup. I looked over everything and then noticed a clamp came loose connectiing the lower Intercooler pipe to the intercooler and the air was escaping.

Would this cause a 304? I reset the code, tightened everything and it hasn't returned yet...

Just wondering..

Thanks!

Rich

 

[Syndicate13]

It's possible. If it was running rich enough to drown out the spark it would cause a misfire.

 

[ericbev]

Ive blown my lower IC pipe off before.. and didnt get a CEL but the car definitley was running like hell..

 

[blackGSX2g]

I had that happen to me once when I was late for work. My IC pipe coupling blew off and I had to limp it all the way to work. I could barely get on the gas to get moving. I would have pulled over to fix it, but there was no shoulder and high traffic. My CEL came on about 5 minutes into the trip and when I tightened everything down it went away and never came back. I didn't pull the code so I didn't know which one it was, it just went away by itself.