hi- heres what happened. driving with AC on, slowing for red light and car suddenly "puttered" as if it were hoing to stall. The Service Engine Soon icon lit up. Turned off AC so i could listen. I couldnt give gas cuz of traffic & red light. Just waited til green, u turned for home. Four mins later i pulled into my driveway and called my friend who has always been my car guy and a good one. Scanner said PO301, (close to that) which was Cyl 1 misfire. Fixed asap and ran great for a week. Exact same thing happened as i accelerated on the freeway on ramp. I had to drive a mile to gas station where i exited, called friend again and waited. This time PO303, Cyl 3 misfire. Put new plug in on site and f[llowed me home. Did it again. Parked in driveway &there she still sits. We replaced all 6 spark plugs, put in a new set of spark plug wires and did compression check revealing Cyl 1 doesnt have any. He checked the fuel injectors and valve springs. Everything appears fine.
Heres the STRANGE thing: when plug 1 was removed the first day this happened, my friend said he had never seen a spark plug have this happen. He was referring to the spark plug gap was completely without a gap. The little arm on top had been pushed or bent or whatever down so that no gap existed. STRANGER is the exact same thing happened to cyl 3 plug. It has not occurred again.
MY QUESTIONs:
What the hell is wrong with my car? i ha e the car historg, came from 1 owner in Oregon, never in accident, did reg maintenance on it Ive owned for a year last month and i pay attention to my car and do maintenance and dont abuse her. im sad and at this point feel like i have nothi g to lose if i tear into her. Ill never get even half of what i already invested in her so id rather try to fix her instead of sending her to the junk yard. i have this need to know actually before i can say goodbye. Maybe i dont have to say goodbye. i want to find out.
