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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 11:40 AM
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I was driving last night and found that my car had a misfire at about 5,000rpm.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the cause could be? Any help would be most appriciated.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 07:56 PM
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Hi mate

Could be Plugs or one of the 2 Coil packs.
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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 07:55 AM
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Thanks for the suggestion, it seems to have cleared up by itself.
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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 05:37 PM
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could be a wiring issue that is about to start givig you a real head ache, cheak the wires to the coil packs ive been there
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