A Head Scratcher. I really need some help
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A Head Scratcher. I really need some help
For about the past 6 months my 2012 P30 with 31K miles, bone stock, never re-flashed, has had an occasional engine misfire (Usually #7) that will start after the engine is warm and continue until I turn off the motor and immediately restart it and then it runs perfectly for the rest of the trip. I have tried everything I could find on this forum. I have replaced the plugs, had the fuel injector cleaned and flow tested, and replace all of the O2 sensors. I don't see how it could be a mechanical issue like an intake leak because I don't think it would then run normally after turning the engine off for 1 second. To me that seems to indicate an electrical problem. It will run perfectly for days and even ran a 12.6 sec at the local strip with 91 octane and it was 104 degrees out! Yesterday it started missing much worse with many cylinders and even killed while idling. I went home, restarted it, and now all perfect again. I have an iSoft MBII scanner and it gave codes for misfire of 2,3,4,6,and 7, and also "actuation of ignition coil 7 has an electrical fault or open circuit." I did the lambda O2 sensor testing and everything looks ok on all the data streaming on the scanner. I am totally out of ideas. Could it be my ECU is going bad? I was planning on installing a supercharger but want to get this fixed first! Thanks for your help!
Last edited by Big Jimbo; Jan 20, 2018 at 06:55 PM. Reason: Error in car discription
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Seems like you have replaced all the likely suspects, did you replace the coil for cylinder 7? If not I would switch 7 with something else an see if the misfire moves with the coil, that seems like the only component you have not replaced.
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I will check that out today, thanks for that excellent suggestion. I am also going to check the ground points I can find for the engine and harness. Will update with results.
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I can't thank you enough for your suggestions! After about two weeks with no misfires I am cautiously declaring victory. I removed the engine related fuses and relays in the engine fuse box and carefully inspected them, put a light layer of dielectric grease on the contacts and reinserted them. I didn't actually replace them but checked with a resistance meter for any flaws. I also removed the wires from the 4 ground pegs in the engine compartment and cleaned them and applied a light layer of dielectric grease. I then unplugged the ECU harnesses for inspection and cleaning. I am not sure which one of those procedure fixed the problem, but this somehow released the German gremlin hiding in my electrical system. Thanks again!
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Sometimes that is all it takes.. Re-seating a fuse, relay or control module, cleaning a ground point and terminal, adding some corrosion/arcing protection.. Doesn't always have to be expensive to fix these cars.
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I can't thank you enough for your suggestions! After about two weeks with no misfires I am cautiously declaring victory. I removed the engine related fuses and relays in the engine fuse box and carefully inspected them, put a light layer of dielectric grease on the contacts and reinserted them. I didn't actually replace them but checked with a resistance meter for any flaws. I also removed the wires from the 4 ground pegs in the engine compartment and cleaned them and applied a light layer of dielectric grease. I then unplugged the ECU harnesses for inspection and cleaning. I am not sure which one of those procedure fixed the problem, but this somehow released the German gremlin hiding in my electrical system. Thanks again!
I can't thank you enough for your suggestions! After about two weeks with no misfires I am cautiously declaring victory. I removed the engine related fuses and relays in the engine fuse box and carefully inspected them, put a light layer of dielectric grease on the contacts and reinserted them. I didn't actually replace them but checked with a resistance meter for any flaws. I also removed the wires from the 4 ground pegs in the engine compartment and cleaned them and applied a light layer of dielectric grease. I then unplugged the ECU harnesses for inspection and cleaning. I am not sure which one of those procedure fixed the problem, but this somehow released the German gremlin hiding in my electrical system. Thanks again!
