1999 Pontiac Bonneville no 4 cylinder misfire

Tiny
KRED61
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  • 1999 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE
  • 3.8L
  • 6 CYL
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 216,000 MILES
My 99 Pontiac Bonneville has a 4th cylinder misfire. Not sure if I should change spark plugs wires and coil packs. What normally is the cause of the 4th cylinder misfire
Friday, April 25th, 2014 AT 2:19 PM

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Tiny
CARADIODOC
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Most commonly a misfire is due to loss of spark, usually from spark plugs and wires, but Ford has a lot of trouble with individual ignition coils and GM has a big problem with mismatched injectors. The mismatched flow rates show up as misfire fault codes at higher mileages.

One way to narrow down if the injectors are the cause is to switch two of them, erase the fault code, then see if the misfire moves to the different cylinder. If it does, replace all of the injectors with a flow-matched set. If you do a search for "Jim Linder's" web site, you can read about the problems GM has been having and how they fix what the manufacturer didn't care to.
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Friday, April 25th, 2014 AT 5:28 PM
Tiny
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My 01 had a misfire and I found a cracked spark plug. The coil pack and wires have 437000 miles on them and runs perfect.
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 AT 5:59 AM

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