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P0303 Diagnostic Trouble Code Discussion for September 2006

Cylinder 3 Misfire Detected


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1997 Subaru Legacy Outback 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4S3BG6857V
P0303: Cylinder 3 Misfire Detected. Hello everyone I have a real hair puller here. Originally I tuned this car up because of a bad plug wire (#2 cyl.). Car ran good for a couple weeks then this misfire started and turned on the check engine light. Has never set a code for any other cylinder misf...
September 05, 2006
2002 Saturn Vue 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 5GZCZ63B32
P0303: Cylinder 3 Misfire Detected. This Saturn was a drive by scanning with an appointment for next monday. I am writing because this is the first time I have encountered this engine and do not know a lot about it. The customer stated that about 1.5 years ago the pcv hose froze up and caused th...
September 13, 2006
2000 Daewoo Lanos SX 1.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: KLATC5263Y
P0303: Misfire cylinder 3. ... timing belt failure. During post repair road-test, MIL illuminates and sets a P0303. Upon clearing code, P0300 illuminates. These codes will alternate. They will only set when vehicle is accelerated hard. If the code is cleared and the vehicle is only acce...
September 14, 2006
1999 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 5.4L Misfire VIN: 1FMPU18L8X
P0303: Misfire Cylinder 3. Hello all, Ford techs: Does anyone have service tips regarding ignition coils on 4.6/5.4 engines? I am replacing a LOT of these coils and am wondering if anyone has usefull information to suggest regarding lasting repairs. On this particular truck, #3 and ...
September 18, 2006
1999 Jaguar XK8 4.0L Misfire VIN: SAJGX2041X
P0303: cyl 3 miss detected. Hello everyone I have this jaguar that intermintly miss on cyl 3, the injector recives battery voltage from the black and red wire but the computer does not ground the injector. some times it workes fine then other times it doesnt. the scanner says fuel system...
September 19, 2006
1999 Subaru Legacy Limited 30th Anniversary 2.5L Hesitation, Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4S3BG685XX
P0303: Cylinder 3 Misfire Detected. ... medium acceleration, vary low speeds - a lack of power (acceleration) thats been there for at least 25K - and an intermitant surge, highway speeds, while passing or going up smaller hill. Hesitation and surge are new sympoms. History: one owner car, no acc...
September 24, 2006
2000 Volkswagen Jetta GL 2.0L Hesitation, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 3VWRA29M5Y
P0303: misfire 3. This Jetta has me on the ropes and it seems like such a cut and dry issue, but the more I get into it the worse it seems. I keep getting misfire codes on #2 and 3, it also looks like the car is running lean, but when you start it cold you get smoke like it's r...
September 25, 2006
2002 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.6L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: WP0CA29922
P0303: Misfire CYL 3. This car idles rough but is smooth above idle. There was fluid spiting from the rh (cyl 1-3) exhaust and it had a strong (hot) coolant smell when it first came back. I did not drive this car before the clutch work so of course Customer says it was fine before....
September 26, 2006
1995 Subaru Legacy Postal 2.2L Misfire VIN: 4S3BK6953S
P0303: misfire on cylinder 3. thank in advanced to all who read this. this car had several problems that started with the map/baro sensor. the computer fixed that problem. the egr problem occured later and that is now fixed. but the complaint is that the car will miss once and a while when...
September 29, 2006