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EthanF 01-02-2014 06:34 PM

Right now I'm running 225/55's on my 17's all around so I don't think that can be it. And to add to the confusion after driving to the gas station and filling up before the dry gas, it wouldn't start!!! After a quick jump from a nice old man it fired right up, but still threw me off how that happened...

Spike100 01-02-2014 07:00 PM

^^ Your tire sizes are good. --Spike

myfirstzcar 01-03-2014 12:10 AM

Yeah no reason to suspect a tire issue, as long as the tires are the same size or the rears are slightly larger.

EthanF 01-06-2014 05:42 PM

So all was good until today in -10 degree weather it bogged down, gave me a SES which read as both front 02 sensors. Cleared the codes, reset the cry and it was perfect the rest of the way home. WHAT THE EFF?!?! If they were truly the problem it should still have issues after the reset, no? I'm beginning to think my car just doesn't like the cold....

myfirstzcar 01-07-2014 12:39 AM

The ecu reset will reset the rediness monitors, which means it may not detect a problem right away. both O2 sensors throwing codes, I would look for a lean condition being caused by something.

EthanF 01-07-2014 08:38 PM

And finally I have some codes to work with!!! P0321, P0152, P0300, and P0158! Which if I'm getting this right is that I have a misfire! Not sure where to go from here...possibly a bad coil pack/injector? :/

myfirstzcar 01-08-2014 01:16 PM

Random misfires are most likely to be caused by a fuel delivery issue, but there are many other possibilities.

EthanF 01-11-2014 12:02 PM

Cleaned the (very dirty) throttle body today, did all the resets and got the readings off of the front O2 sensors....both read 1.3 volts!!!! If I'm not mistaken that's really really rich :/ Now I'm even more confused

myfirstzcar 01-11-2014 02:19 PM


Originally Posted by EthanF (Post 10304959)
Cleaned the (very dirty) throttle body today, did all the resets and got the readings off of the front O2 sensors....both read 1.3 volts!!!! If I'm not mistaken that's really really rich :/ Now I'm even more confused

Did you let it warm up and go into closed loop before you took the readings?

EthanF 01-11-2014 05:01 PM

Yep! Even while cruising on the highway it was a pretty steady reading of 1.3v from the sensors

myfirstzcar 01-12-2014 03:07 AM

That sucks. FYI, if you have a coil pack issue your check engine light will flash. I think I'd dismiss that possibility for now.

EthanF 01-16-2014 08:51 PM

Swapped maf sensors with a friend today....still rough idle and still the ses light comes on showing both o2 sensors are reading high voltage. Could they booth be the root of my problem? I'm running out of ideas :(

EthanF 01-16-2014 08:52 PM

And the 03003 misfire I should add too :P

myfirstzcar 01-17-2014 03:27 AM

What are the rear O2 sensors reading? I have a sensor getting bad on my truck, the fuel trims are even, rear sensors are even, one upstream sensor reads a bit high. Fortunately, it's still within it's range and there's no worries at this time.

EthanF 01-19-2014 05:14 PM

both upstream sensors are reading a pretty steady 1.3v

myfirstzcar 01-20-2014 12:56 AM

And the downstream sensors?

350Zdj 01-20-2014 02:45 AM

Maybe you should check if all plugs are firing. It could be just bad coilpacks.
I had dead coilpacks before and it made the car idle rough and lost a huge amount of power. It also caused CEL and a few other errors to show up.

EthanF 01-20-2014 07:16 AM

Downstream sensors are also reading 1.3v due to test pipes I'm assuming. Coils should be good if I checked them right

myfirstzcar 01-20-2014 03:06 PM

Ok, all of your sensors are reading 1.3v correct? Your car is extremely rich. I don't believe they can go past 1.3v, but I may be mistaken there.

myfirstzcar 01-20-2014 03:14 PM

I would also rule out the misfiring completely, since running extremely rich will cause the ecu to detect a misfire. Something is causing this car to dump fuel, and I'm thinking it's intermittent as well.


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