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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 12:42 PM
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Bad coil

Well I was driving the other day when bam it ran like **** motor shaking no power .. Well the code was p0301 so check it out is the coil on bank 1 went south.. Went to bone yard got oem coils and know runs like new .. Man I can't believe one coil going out and ran so bad ... Just throwing that out there...
Old Apr 7, 2015 | 09:54 PM
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I fail to see why you're so amazed...
Old Apr 8, 2015 | 12:27 AM
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Not only is that dead cylinder not contributing, it is now adding parasitic drag. Don't see how that surprises you.

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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by nissan99
Man I can't believe one coil going out and ran so bad ...
Yeah ... a 6 cylinder engine running on 5 cylinders will do that.

My three legged dog runs like sh*t too.
Old Apr 8, 2015 | 06:35 AM
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Luckily yours threw a code for bad coil. Usually it will not throw a CEL.
Old Apr 8, 2015 | 09:27 AM
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Be thankful your coil failed perfectly and therefore was easy to diagnose. They rarely do fail that way.
Old Apr 8, 2015 | 02:10 PM
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Thanks guys I got a back coil for the front and back just in case
Old Apr 8, 2015 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by nissan99
Thanks guys I got a back coil for the front and back just in case
That is English ... right?
Old Apr 8, 2015 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbobink
That is English ... right?
Old Apr 8, 2015 | 07:52 PM
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Gezz ! I got a extra back and front coil .. Lol
Old Apr 8, 2015 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by nissan99
Gezz ! I got a extra back and front coil .. Lol
*an. You got an extra front and back coil!

Last edited by Upperhand; Apr 8, 2015 at 09:39 PM.
Old Apr 9, 2015 | 02:43 AM
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Just one bad coil will take about 50% of your power.
Old Apr 9, 2015 | 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbobink
That is English ... right?
Originally Posted by maxprivate
Originally Posted by nissan99
Gezz ! I got a extra back and front coil .. Lol
Just "funnin" ya ...
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