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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 07:45 PM
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my car is 03 350z and i bought my car 4 years ago (as a used car). currently i have around 56000 miles on it. i dont really race nor abuse my car (i have no engine mods... just have exterior mods) but today while i was driving back to my home, engine service light came on. i went to shop near by and they told me that my car have missed fire 2 times... so i was wondering what is the usual case of miss firing... Please help me guys! thanks!!!
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 07:47 PM
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they told you missed fire 2 times??? I hope they told you something else... maybe misfire #2 cylinder???
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 08:30 PM
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i was in rush so i couldnt talk to shop for long time and couldnt figure out what to do... and they dont really know about Zs.... but i think they said "record shows that your car have missed fire two time..."
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 08:30 PM
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either they told you multiple misfire or misfire in #2 cylinder or something like that..get the code and post it up here, thats the first thing to do..It is most likely due to plugs or wires but could be a coil problem or something..most likely plug or plugs
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 08:31 PM
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they did not say the car misfired 2 times..lol...they probably said multiple misfire or that the car is misfiring in 2 cylinders..its a code and means more than one cylinder is misfiring

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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 09:01 PM
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okay let me get the codes from them. Thanks for the help anyways!!! :]
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 09:03 PM
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^ Pretty important if you want to know what's going on with your car.
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 10:41 PM
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okay i will go to shop asap... its getting really annoying... i feel unsafe when i am looking at it....
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 03:33 AM
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If the spark plus are misfiring get it fixed. It is not going to fix itself. It will only get worse.
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Old Apr 15, 2010 | 06:47 AM
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any place can change your plugs for you..or you can yourself.its not rocket science..and there is a diy thread on here to show you how with pics...First post up the exact code though to narrow it down a little better..
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Old May 20, 2010 | 03:30 PM
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You Might want to change you plugs but also you might what to do something called a Dicardonation to you chamber
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