98 sunfire gt 2.4l

1998 PONTIAC SUNFIRE
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LUNARLANDER
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I have had a prob with my car sounding as if its about to stall and missfiring on #2+3 cylinders its been happening for quite a while only seems to be happening in idle.I tryed to replace egr valve(made no difference) had the throttle bodie + injectors cleand out all fluids have been changes all filters changed (no difference) somtimes its worse than others and it also seems to dissapear at times expecially when i take it to the mechanic anyone have this prob b4? any suggestions the engine check light comes on somtimes when its really bad to let me know its had a missfire according to my code reader.
Aug 29, 2007 at 11:16 AM
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Sounds like a coil pack, try swapping them and see if the misfire move to the other cylinders. If it does, you'll need a coil. The work 1 &4 and 2 &3 cyls.
Aug 29, 2007 at 11:28 AM
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swaped coils waiting for a miss to read on code reader cld it also b anything to do with fuel injectors?i did read in another forum someone changed them all out and still had idle probs thoug
Aug 29, 2007 at 4:56 PM
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I guess it didn't work for him....Tell him to swap the coil packs.
Aug 29, 2007 at 5:19 PM