Code P0301
03-10-2006, 07:31 PM
#81
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Re: Code P0301
spark plug fouling out at start up
cam sensor going bad, crank sensor going bad
Firebird wrote:
> I had everything changed about 6 months ago at 60,000 miles.
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
> news:efeb1$440f2847$4831b233$23379@FUSE.NET...
> > You can reset the computer by simply disconnecting the battery for a few
> > seconds or my use of a reader. The readers are available for use at many
> > auto-parts stores... some free of charge or with a small deposit.
> > http://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_cod...e-detected.php
> > P0301 Code - Cylinder #1 Misfire
> > Technical Description
> > Cylinder #1 Misfire Detected
> >
> > What does that mean?
> > A P0301 code means that the the car's computer has detected that one of
> > the engine's cylinders is not firing properly. In this case it's cylinder
> > #1.
> >
> > Symptoms
> > Symptoms may include:
> > a.. the engine may be harder to start
> > b.. the engine may stumble / stumble, and/or hesitate
> > c.. other symptoms may also be present
> > Causes
> > A code P0301 may mean that one or more of the following has happened:
> >
> > a.. Faulty spark plug or wire
> > b.. Faulty coil (pack)
> > c.. Faulty oxygen sensor(s)
> > d.. Faulty fuel injector
> > e.. Burned exhaust valve
> > f.. Faulty catalytic converter(s)
> > g.. Running out of fuel
> > h.. Poor compression
> > i.. Defective computer
> > Possible Solutions
> > If there are no symptoms, the simplest thing to do is to reset the code
> > and see if it comes back.
> >
> > If there are symptoms such as the engine is stumbling or hesitating, check
> > all wiring and connectors that lead to the cylinders (i.e. spark plugs).
> > Depending on how long the ignition components have been in the car, it may
> > be a good idea to replace them as part of your regular maintenance
> > schedule. I would suggest spark plugs, spark plug wires, distributor cap,
> > and rotor (if applicable). Otherwise, check the coils (a.k.a. coil packs).
> > In some cases, the catalytic converter has gone bad. If you smell rotten
> > eggs in the exhaust, your cat converter needs to be replaced. I've also
> > heard in other cases the problems were faulty fuel injectors.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:440EF747.AF66622@sympatico.ca...
> >> It isn't going to reset as long as something is wrong.
> >>
> >> I would be checking out cylinder 1 myself.....
> >>
> >> You don't say what you are driving, but you likely have a spark plug at
> >> least in there and maybe a plug wire with a distributor cap and
> >> rotor....
> >>
> >> Mike
> >> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> >> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> >> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >>
> >> Firebird wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I got the light on the dashboard while waiting in line to exit a large
> >>> parking lot. THe engine had been idling for about 5-7 minutes. Code
> >>> P0301
> >>> is a miss in cylinder 1, however I never felt anything and the engine
> >>> runs
> >>> ok to me.
> >>> The light has been on the dashboard for about 3 weeks now.
> >>> How should I proceed. I thought it resets itself after 40 starts.
> >
> >
cam sensor going bad, crank sensor going bad
Firebird wrote:
> I had everything changed about 6 months ago at 60,000 miles.
>
> "billy ray" <billy_ray@fuseSPAM.net> wrote in message
> news:efeb1$440f2847$4831b233$23379@FUSE.NET...
> > You can reset the computer by simply disconnecting the battery for a few
> > seconds or my use of a reader. The readers are available for use at many
> > auto-parts stores... some free of charge or with a small deposit.
> > http://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_cod...e-detected.php
> > P0301 Code - Cylinder #1 Misfire
> > Technical Description
> > Cylinder #1 Misfire Detected
> >
> > What does that mean?
> > A P0301 code means that the the car's computer has detected that one of
> > the engine's cylinders is not firing properly. In this case it's cylinder
> > #1.
> >
> > Symptoms
> > Symptoms may include:
> > a.. the engine may be harder to start
> > b.. the engine may stumble / stumble, and/or hesitate
> > c.. other symptoms may also be present
> > Causes
> > A code P0301 may mean that one or more of the following has happened:
> >
> > a.. Faulty spark plug or wire
> > b.. Faulty coil (pack)
> > c.. Faulty oxygen sensor(s)
> > d.. Faulty fuel injector
> > e.. Burned exhaust valve
> > f.. Faulty catalytic converter(s)
> > g.. Running out of fuel
> > h.. Poor compression
> > i.. Defective computer
> > Possible Solutions
> > If there are no symptoms, the simplest thing to do is to reset the code
> > and see if it comes back.
> >
> > If there are symptoms such as the engine is stumbling or hesitating, check
> > all wiring and connectors that lead to the cylinders (i.e. spark plugs).
> > Depending on how long the ignition components have been in the car, it may
> > be a good idea to replace them as part of your regular maintenance
> > schedule. I would suggest spark plugs, spark plug wires, distributor cap,
> > and rotor (if applicable). Otherwise, check the coils (a.k.a. coil packs).
> > In some cases, the catalytic converter has gone bad. If you smell rotten
> > eggs in the exhaust, your cat converter needs to be replaced. I've also
> > heard in other cases the problems were faulty fuel injectors.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:440EF747.AF66622@sympatico.ca...
> >> It isn't going to reset as long as something is wrong.
> >>
> >> I would be checking out cylinder 1 myself.....
> >>
> >> You don't say what you are driving, but you likely have a spark plug at
> >> least in there and maybe a plug wire with a distributor cap and
> >> rotor....
> >>
> >> Mike
> >> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> >> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> >> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
> >>
> >> Firebird wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I got the light on the dashboard while waiting in line to exit a large
> >>> parking lot. THe engine had been idling for about 5-7 minutes. Code
> >>> P0301
> >>> is a miss in cylinder 1, however I never felt anything and the engine
> >>> runs
> >>> ok to me.
> >>> The light has been on the dashboard for about 3 weeks now.
> >>> How should I proceed. I thought it resets itself after 40 starts.
> >
> >
03-11-2006, 10:30 PM
#82
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Re: Code P0301
In message <ipidndZjwsGOvozZRVn-gA@speakeasy.net>, "Herb Leong" wrote:
>In article <ue72129j3675sfmetngfl68thg7epecccd@4ax.com>,
>bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
>#Man, I gotta get me one of those magic in-line 6 engines. Missing spark and you
>#wouldn't even notice?
>
>Whatever floats your boat, if you think I'm wrong, then maybe I am. Have you
>tried it? Prolly not. Have I? Not on purpose.
>
>All I know is that I had a plug wire disconnect on a 4.7 v8 and it was not all
>that noticable until some load was put on it (the light and code retrival told
>me more than anything else). I also had a 4.2 i6 with no effective compression
>on one cylinder and I did not notice anything unless some load was put on it.
>
>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
Wrong again...
>
>Shrug,
>
>/herb
>In article <ue72129j3675sfmetngfl68thg7epecccd@4ax.com>,
>bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
>#Man, I gotta get me one of those magic in-line 6 engines. Missing spark and you
>#wouldn't even notice?
>
>Whatever floats your boat, if you think I'm wrong, then maybe I am. Have you
>tried it? Prolly not. Have I? Not on purpose.
>
>All I know is that I had a plug wire disconnect on a 4.7 v8 and it was not all
>that noticable until some load was put on it (the light and code retrival told
>me more than anything else). I also had a 4.2 i6 with no effective compression
>on one cylinder and I did not notice anything unless some load was put on it.
>
>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
Wrong again...
>
>Shrug,
>
>/herb
03-11-2006, 10:30 PM
#83
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Re: Code P0301
In message <ipidndZjwsGOvozZRVn-gA@speakeasy.net>, "Herb Leong" wrote:
>In article <ue72129j3675sfmetngfl68thg7epecccd@4ax.com>,
>bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
>#Man, I gotta get me one of those magic in-line 6 engines. Missing spark and you
>#wouldn't even notice?
>
>Whatever floats your boat, if you think I'm wrong, then maybe I am. Have you
>tried it? Prolly not. Have I? Not on purpose.
>
>All I know is that I had a plug wire disconnect on a 4.7 v8 and it was not all
>that noticable until some load was put on it (the light and code retrival told
>me more than anything else). I also had a 4.2 i6 with no effective compression
>on one cylinder and I did not notice anything unless some load was put on it.
>
>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
Wrong again...
>
>Shrug,
>
>/herb
>In article <ue72129j3675sfmetngfl68thg7epecccd@4ax.com>,
>bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
>#Man, I gotta get me one of those magic in-line 6 engines. Missing spark and you
>#wouldn't even notice?
>
>Whatever floats your boat, if you think I'm wrong, then maybe I am. Have you
>tried it? Prolly not. Have I? Not on purpose.
>
>All I know is that I had a plug wire disconnect on a 4.7 v8 and it was not all
>that noticable until some load was put on it (the light and code retrival told
>me more than anything else). I also had a 4.2 i6 with no effective compression
>on one cylinder and I did not notice anything unless some load was put on it.
>
>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
Wrong again...
>
>Shrug,
>
>/herb
03-11-2006, 10:30 PM
#84
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Posts: n/a
Re: Code P0301
In message <ipidndZjwsGOvozZRVn-gA@speakeasy.net>, "Herb Leong" wrote:
>In article <ue72129j3675sfmetngfl68thg7epecccd@4ax.com>,
>bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
>#Man, I gotta get me one of those magic in-line 6 engines. Missing spark and you
>#wouldn't even notice?
>
>Whatever floats your boat, if you think I'm wrong, then maybe I am. Have you
>tried it? Prolly not. Have I? Not on purpose.
>
>All I know is that I had a plug wire disconnect on a 4.7 v8 and it was not all
>that noticable until some load was put on it (the light and code retrival told
>me more than anything else). I also had a 4.2 i6 with no effective compression
>on one cylinder and I did not notice anything unless some load was put on it.
>
>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
Wrong again...
>
>Shrug,
>
>/herb
>In article <ue72129j3675sfmetngfl68thg7epecccd@4ax.com>,
>bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
>#Man, I gotta get me one of those magic in-line 6 engines. Missing spark and you
>#wouldn't even notice?
>
>Whatever floats your boat, if you think I'm wrong, then maybe I am. Have you
>tried it? Prolly not. Have I? Not on purpose.
>
>All I know is that I had a plug wire disconnect on a 4.7 v8 and it was not all
>that noticable until some load was put on it (the light and code retrival told
>me more than anything else). I also had a 4.2 i6 with no effective compression
>on one cylinder and I did not notice anything unless some load was put on it.
>
>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
Wrong again...
>
>Shrug,
>
>/herb
03-11-2006, 10:30 PM
#85
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Posts: n/a
Re: Code P0301
In message <ipidndZjwsGOvozZRVn-gA@speakeasy.net>, "Herb Leong" wrote:
>In article <ue72129j3675sfmetngfl68thg7epecccd@4ax.com>,
>bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
>#Man, I gotta get me one of those magic in-line 6 engines. Missing spark and you
>#wouldn't even notice?
>
>Whatever floats your boat, if you think I'm wrong, then maybe I am. Have you
>tried it? Prolly not. Have I? Not on purpose.
>
>All I know is that I had a plug wire disconnect on a 4.7 v8 and it was not all
>that noticable until some load was put on it (the light and code retrival told
>me more than anything else). I also had a 4.2 i6 with no effective compression
>on one cylinder and I did not notice anything unless some load was put on it.
>
>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
Wrong again...
>
>Shrug,
>
>/herb
>In article <ue72129j3675sfmetngfl68thg7epecccd@4ax.com>,
>bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
>#Man, I gotta get me one of those magic in-line 6 engines. Missing spark and you
>#wouldn't even notice?
>
>Whatever floats your boat, if you think I'm wrong, then maybe I am. Have you
>tried it? Prolly not. Have I? Not on purpose.
>
>All I know is that I had a plug wire disconnect on a 4.7 v8 and it was not all
>that noticable until some load was put on it (the light and code retrival told
>me more than anything else). I also had a 4.2 i6 with no effective compression
>on one cylinder and I did not notice anything unless some load was put on it.
>
>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
Wrong again...
>
>Shrug,
>
>/herb
03-12-2006, 02:21 PM
#86
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Re: Code P0301
In article <qv2712lv56kj07k5amnc2qvjlbuv9oi85f@4ax.com>,
bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
#>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
#
#Wrong again...
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/new-mopar-hemi.html
bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
#>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
#
#Wrong again...
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/new-mopar-hemi.html
03-12-2006, 02:21 PM
#87
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Re: Code P0301
In article <qv2712lv56kj07k5amnc2qvjlbuv9oi85f@4ax.com>,
bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
#>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
#
#Wrong again...
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/new-mopar-hemi.html
bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
#>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
#
#Wrong again...
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/new-mopar-hemi.html
03-12-2006, 02:21 PM
#88
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Re: Code P0301
In article <qv2712lv56kj07k5amnc2qvjlbuv9oi85f@4ax.com>,
bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
#>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
#
#Wrong again...
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/new-mopar-hemi.html
bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
#>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
#
#Wrong again...
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/new-mopar-hemi.html
03-12-2006, 02:21 PM
#89
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Re: Code P0301
In article <qv2712lv56kj07k5amnc2qvjlbuv9oi85f@4ax.com>,
bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
#>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
#
#Wrong again...
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/new-mopar-hemi.html
bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
#>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
#
#Wrong again...
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/new-mopar-hemi.html
03-12-2006, 06:41 PM
#90
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Re: Code P0301
"Herb Leong" <herb@urusei.net> wrote in message
news:LdednV4rvqw76YnZRVn-tg@speakeasy.net...
> In article <qv2712lv56kj07k5amnc2qvjlbuv9oi85f@4ax.com>,
> bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
> #>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
> #
> #Wrong again...
>
> http://www.allpar.com/mopar/new-mopar-hemi.html
Which says "Cylinder deactivation, which shuts off fuel to some cylinders
under idle and low demand situations, is expected in 2004. That will
increase fuel economy."
Since is it now 2006, I expect that the new Hemi already idles on four
cylinders. Do you have a newer link?
Earle
news:LdednV4rvqw76YnZRVn-tg@speakeasy.net...
> In article <qv2712lv56kj07k5amnc2qvjlbuv9oi85f@4ax.com>,
> bllsht <nospam@dot.net> wrote:
> #>FWIW, the new Hemis idle on only on 4 cylinders.
> #
> #Wrong again...
>
> http://www.allpar.com/mopar/new-mopar-hemi.html
Which says "Cylinder deactivation, which shuts off fuel to some cylinders
under idle and low demand situations, is expected in 2004. That will
increase fuel economy."
Since is it now 2006, I expect that the new Hemi already idles on four
cylinders. Do you have a newer link?
Earle