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E85M Engine RPM drop and recently misfired but fixed itself
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E85M Engine RPM drop and recently misfired but fixed itself
I noticed after about 15 minutes of highway driving, keeping it around 3-4k rpm and coming to a stop my rpms would drop a little but would kick back up and be fine. Just yesterday, however, I was driving and got two blocks down came to a stop and my idle dropped to around 600 and it sounded like it was only running on 4 cylinders and the service light came on. Immediately hit a U-turn and started driving it back home, sounded like a flat-4 for a minute, then kicks back to normal and the service light turns off? I'm really confused and don't wanna drive it anywhere until I can get it checked, but was wondering what it could be or if anyone else has had a similar experience.
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E85M Engine RPM drop and recently misfired but fixed itself
Maybe a loose coil pack or one or more are on the way out
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E85M Engine RPM drop and recently misfired but fixed itself
Generally if the DME shuts down a cylinder due to misfire (such as from a dodgy coil or spark plug) it stays disabled until the engine is restarted.
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Previous: E85 3.0si Silbergrau, 03 E85 2.5i Maldives Blue.
Mods: Gaptech OTH+R, Dension Gateway 300 with USB, CDV-, clear side indicators, euro tails, stubby, MFSW retrofit, OEM Bluetooth/VR