09-23-2015, 09:15 PM
Been battling a nasty misfire issue with my Bronco. it started shortly after I filled up at Sunoco. I immediately thought I got bad gas and flushed my system and cleaned my injectors. Since my fuel system was okay and I had no codes or vacuum leaks, the only possibility was ignition.
My super fancy scan tool software was not offering misfire data and I just assumed it was a function of the PCM rather than the software. I thought hooking up to an engine analyzer was my only option to gather ignition data. Anyway, I ended up dropping $40 to have a local guy plug in his fancy snap-on scanner. It immediately flagged #4 as misfire and once I swapped the plug wires the misfire moved to #3 so I knew it was a bad wire.
I am now better educated regarding the limitations of the scanner software I select and am looking at alternatives that support mode 6 among others.
I am 95% NovRun ready. Just have to install my new ram cylinder.
My super fancy scan tool software was not offering misfire data and I just assumed it was a function of the PCM rather than the software. I thought hooking up to an engine analyzer was my only option to gather ignition data. Anyway, I ended up dropping $40 to have a local guy plug in his fancy snap-on scanner. It immediately flagged #4 as misfire and once I swapped the plug wires the misfire moved to #3 so I knew it was a bad wire.
I am now better educated regarding the limitations of the scanner software I select and am looking at alternatives that support mode 6 among others.
I am 95% NovRun ready. Just have to install my new ram cylinder.
'77 351w- Explorer EFI, 4R70W, 4-link, lockers, 4.56, 35" MT/Rs with a severe rock addiction.
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