2001 Holden Barina Misfiring

OVER HERE WE SORTA DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT YOUR VEHICLE.

AFTER READING YOUR PLIGHT, YOU NEVER MENTIONED THE CODE THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. (ONLY THAT THE MECHANIC DROVE IT AND MADE AN "ASSUMPTION"?)

OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE POND, IN MIGHT NEAR ANY TOWN, WITH AN AUTO PARTS STORE, YOU CAN DROP ON IN AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES THEY CAN PLUG A SCANNER INTO YOUR SYSTEM AND EXTRACT THE CODE NUMBERS THAT ARE BEING IDENTIFIED BY THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" HAVING COME ON

YOUR CAR DOES NOT TURN ON THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FOR "ALL" PROBLEMS THE VEHICLE HAS (STUPID EXAMPLES-BENT RIM, OUT OF ALIGNMENT, BAD MUFFLER, BAD THERMOSTAT, AND SO ON!)

THE CHECK ENGINE IS TURNED ON WHEN THE ON BOARD COMPUTER DETECTS A FAULT OR ABNORMALITY USING SENSORS (WHICH FEED DATA ALL OF THE TIME BACK TO IT). THE CODES OR MULTIPLE CODES THAT MIGHT BE ISSUED FROM A PROBLEM MIGHT BE REAL EZ IDENTIFY AND TO FIX OR MIGHT REQUIRE SOME "THINKING" AS TO HOW MULTIPLE CODES AND THE VEHICLES SYMPTOMS ARE RELATED.

'NUTHER WORDS, THE COMPUTER CODES DON'T COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY, "CHANGE #3 SPARK PLUG AND # 5s COIL PACK"

EXAMPLE: THE CODE MIGHT BE "P0300", WHICH MEANS "MULTIPLE MISFIRE" (THERE ARE MANY OTHER CODES THAT MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR PROBLEM)

THERE ARE MANY POSSIBILITIES FOR A MISFIRE, A FEW MIGHT BE: THE NEED FOR TUNE-UP, A PLUG WIRE IS NOT ATTACHED, YOU DROVE THRU FLOOD WATERS!

WHAT I'M GETTING AT, THESE MODERN MACHINES (FROM LIKE 1986 ON UP) DON'T EXHIBIT SYMPTOMS LIKE THE "REAL VEHICLES" OF YESTERYEAR, WHERE AS YOU COULD DIAGNOSE ONE AS IT PASSED DOWN THE ROAD, WHILE YOU SAT IN THE PORCH SWING DRINKING SWEET TEA (THAT IS, "REAL SOUTHERN SWEET TEA", NOT THE KIND LIKE Y'ALL PUT MILK IN!)

MANY FOLKS WANNA START BUYING PARTS SO THAT MAYBE THEY "LUCK" INTO FIXING IT! PARTS GET EXPENSIVE! DIAGNOSING, GETTING THE RIGHT PARTS BY USING THE CODES, IS "USUALLY" THE BEST WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM

HECK, IT MIGHT COULD BE A SIMPLE AS A VACUUM LEAK (A POSSIBLE VACUUM HOSE LOOSE)('NUTHER EXAMPLE)

THIS MIGHT BE "POINTED TO" IF A CODE THAT COMES UP MEANS "LEAN CONDITION" (TOO MUCH AIR, FOR FUEL MIX)

I TRY TO HANG ON TO MESSING WITH THE OLDER VEHICLES, SOMETIMES I HAVE TO DO A REPAIR ON THE NEWER STUFF (I HATE 'EM!)

SO NOW DAYS, YOU NEED TO LOOK IN THE INDEX TO FIND THE PART OF THE BOOK YOU NEED TO BE IN, "FLIPPING THROUGH IT" DON'T WORK ANYMORE!

POST YOUR CODES, I'LL TRY TO ATTEMPT TO AT LEAST TELL YOU SOMETHING!

MY TWO "REAL VEHICLES" ('77 AND '46) ARE BELOW

GOOD LUCK, SEE YA SOON!

THE MEDIC