Misfire Code P0301

2002 TOYOTA CAMRY
170,000 MILES • 3.0L • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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The other day my fan broke and the car overheated. I replaced the fan. Problem is, it sputters when I drive it. The check engine light did blink after maybe 20 minutes of idle. When I turned the A/C on to activate the fans. It made like a small tak, tak, tak, sound. Which was unusual and what concerned me. Turn it off, it stops. I carried it to the parts store and got P0301. Which is cylinder 1 misfire. There are suggestions from spark plugs. Ignition packs. The cylinder 1 coil is in the back under manifold. I’m not getting mixing in oil. The coolant isn’t firing up. The engine idles quite. I had the spark plugs changed recently Mechanic is a couple blocks away. Don’t want to move it. I’m kind of stuck on the best way to approach this. Thanks
Jul 5, 2022 at 7:26 PM
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The ignition coils go out all the time on these cars, I would remove the coil and test it for spark here is a video to help, if no spark replace the coil to fix the problem. Also, I would replace the plug wires as well.

https://youtu.be/baq_aEWNQ0Y


Check out the diagrams (below). Please let us know what happens.
Jul 6, 2022 at 6:18 PM