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P0305 and P0300 codes?

Old 10-16-2016, 06:49 PM
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P0305 and P0300 codes?

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So I've been noticing that when I first start the car the car goes into an erratic misfire. First cold morning I didn't notice any codes. Second cold morning I noticed that the CEL was blinking while the car was misidling. The codes that came up were P300-Random misfire and P0305 -Cylinder # 5.
I'm assuming that P0300 comes up when multiple cylinders misfire but in this case it says #5 is misfiring so P0300 also attaches itself to any other cylinder even if its only 1 misfiring?? So the issue is just 5 here?

Also the strange thing is that 2 minutes into warmup the car misfire goes away the engine purrs quietly. Anyone what the usual cause here is when the misfire goes away after a while?
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Originally Posted by 02nissmax
Hey all
So I've been noticing that when I first start the car the car goes into an erratic misfire. First cold morning I didn't notice any codes. Second cold morning I noticed that the CEL was blinking while the car was misidling. The codes that came up were P300-Random misfire and P0305 -Cylinder # 5.
I'm assuming that P0300 comes up when multiple cylinders misfire but in this case it says #5 is misfiring so P0300 also attaches itself to any other cylinder even if its only 1 misfiring?? So the issue is just 5 here?

Also the strange thing is that 2 minutes into warmup the car misfire goes away the engine purrs quietly. Anyone what the usual cause here is when the misfire goes away after a while?
Swap the coil with another to see if misfire follows (rules out coil). Change plugs. More troubleshooting if neither are the problem.

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Originally Posted by Child_uv_KoRn
Swap the coil with another to see if misfire follows (rules out coil). Change plugs. More troubleshooting if neither are the problem.
Thank you, I'll try that
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