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    to give everybody an update. I did a compression test on cylinder 4, and sense i didn't have the number it should be so i tested cylinder 3 as well. #4 was 120 and #3 was 122 so i deemed that as nothing was wrong with my compression, which i don't know whether something wrong with my piston would hurt my compression or not. I then tested my spark for 4 against 1 since they are on the same pack. I noticed noticeably more orange spark in 4 wires compared to 1, and then i compared to 2 which was the same as 1. So i figured i'd changed out my coil pack since it was only 25 bucks. It seems to have worked since when i scanned the car even the pending code for cylinder 4 misfire disappeared.

    Now my other problem would be there is a very rough vibration. Now i know a bad alignment can cause vibration but i wasn't sure if that was only while moving the car or not. I know the car needs an alignment cuz i had to change out the drivers side steering arm. Any ideas about this problem would be appreciated. As for the misfire i will let you guys know tomorrow whether or not it was a delayed response from the computer after i get back from work.
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    For the vibration start a new thread. Someone that knows about suspension might not look in a thread labled misfire and you want to leave this one for other people to see.

    In your diagnosis, you said you swapped wires around. Doesn't sound like you swapped them in the same way I thought you had. I figured you meant you swapped them at the coil to the other post. That way you'd have eliminated the coils, wires and plugs.

    Looking forward to your suspension thread. Try and be as desriptive as possible.
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