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Ok so I have been perusing the boards trying to find someone in a similar situation as I am in but to no avail.
My car keeps throwing a CEL and when i read it, its always p0301 (cylinder 1 misfire). this makes sense as my car has been running somewhat rougher than usual at idle. Also, I think I have been smelling some kind of gasoline smell at idle as well. The CEL appears when the car is hot as well as cold, and usually appears when the engine is not under a huge amound of load.
I thought it might be a bad plug so i took off the DI and swapped the cyl 2 plug with the cyl 1 plug... but it still threw a cyl 1 misfire later on so its not the plug... Also I noticed that there is some kind of rust colored gunk near the spark plug holes... Maybe this might have something to do with the misfire? Has anyone found a safe method of cleaning that out? I have also heard rumors of applying di-electric grease to the tips of the plugs... would that help my situation?
Or could this be a sign of the DI dying? I thought it would throw a p0300 (random cylinder misfire) if that was the case. I am in the process of finding a tester DI and hopefully my car doesnt break down in the process. I don't think it will as it runs fine except at idle where its just a little rough.
Thanks for your help.
My car keeps throwing a CEL and when i read it, its always p0301 (cylinder 1 misfire). this makes sense as my car has been running somewhat rougher than usual at idle. Also, I think I have been smelling some kind of gasoline smell at idle as well. The CEL appears when the car is hot as well as cold, and usually appears when the engine is not under a huge amound of load.
I thought it might be a bad plug so i took off the DI and swapped the cyl 2 plug with the cyl 1 plug... but it still threw a cyl 1 misfire later on so its not the plug... Also I noticed that there is some kind of rust colored gunk near the spark plug holes... Maybe this might have something to do with the misfire? Has anyone found a safe method of cleaning that out? I have also heard rumors of applying di-electric grease to the tips of the plugs... would that help my situation?
Or could this be a sign of the DI dying? I thought it would throw a p0300 (random cylinder misfire) if that was the case. I am in the process of finding a tester DI and hopefully my car doesnt break down in the process. I don't think it will as it runs fine except at idle where its just a little rough.
Thanks for your help.