unexplainable?
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unexplainable?
02 escape xlt 3.0 v6. 71702 miles. wifes car, i do all routine maintenance. sun. morning, went to leave, damn thing starts skipping a little out of nowhere. about a half mile up the road, engine begins running terribly then light comes on flashing. turn around and go home. so its football all day mon and i dont touch it, car doesnt move. today, ditch work early and was going to do plugs which i have learned is a major pain as far as plugs go. so anyway today the engine light is on steady, no flashing. drive to the parts place, runs like a champ. we pull a #4 cyl. misfire code out then erase it. ive driven it home and around a little more, runs perfect so far. im sure as hell not tearing the intake off this thing until i get a better idea of what this might have been. any ideas out there? anyone had something similar, escape or not?
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Gremlins?
IMHO, what you pulled up on OBD machine is exactly what happened, #4 plug had a mis-fire, but evidently corrected itself. #4 plug could be going bad or the coil has an intermittent short. I would say it probably will happen again, maybe not, but IMHO, either you got a bad plug or the coil is on its way out.
Anyone else know what might cause this?
IMHO, what you pulled up on OBD machine is exactly what happened, #4 plug had a mis-fire, but evidently corrected itself. #4 plug could be going bad or the coil has an intermittent short. I would say it probably will happen again, maybe not, but IMHO, either you got a bad plug or the coil is on its way out.
Anyone else know what might cause this?
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a friend told me that it could have been because we had a couple of days straight of rain and something got wet somehow. i have indeed heard of this on older vehicles with actual distributors and rotors and points and all but didnt think this kind of stuff happened anymore.
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It could be the COP boots as they deteriorate over time and moisture can get in there and cause the miss. The Mariner is too new, but on my Super Duty I had to replace some and they are around $5 each.
