Hello again,
No, a faulty purge control valve will not cause a dead cylinder. When the EVAP system purges it will purge into the throttle body or intake manifold, so that all cylinders get the fuel fumes. As far as the dead cylinder is concerned, I would do just what you are doing, check the Coil On Plug(COP), the 2 wires going to it and it's associated connector. Also you might want to look on either EBAY or Amazon for your purge control valve. They have Original Equipment Manufacturer(OEM) or equivilant parts for generally about 1/2 what the parts houses are charging for them.
Thanks,
Alex
2CarPros
Tuesday, March 5th, 2019 AT 1:46 AM