I had all 4 ignition wires replaced and a few weeks later I started getting 300 and 301 codes on the obd. The ignition wire was replaced again and 2 months later the same rough idling and 300/301 codes appear. thanks for any help you can provide.
There are alot of components that can throw those codes.... as a test pull one wire from the coil pack and note if the engine idle changes... replace it and move to the next one... repeat that for all cyclinders.... if you pull one and there are no changes you have likely located the cause.
what colour is the exhaust smoke ?
well hold on a sec... what he appears to talking about is a valve cover gasket... relatively quick easy and cheap fix. if he is suggesting the head gasket is leaking you would be using oil and the exhaust would be blue (i believe)
Robert
sounds great except oil does not conduct electricity
it wouldn't hurt
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The mechanic is saying that a gasket over the #1 cylinder is leaking oil into the cylinder and this is affecting the ignition coil. Does this sound accurate?
there was no mention of exhaust smoke. Will I automatically see smoke if there is an oil leak from the gaskey about the ignition wire?
Ari
I picked up the car and they did say there was a leak/seep in the valve cover gasket. The mechanic thinks that oil is getting into the ignition wire and shorting it out. does this sound reasonable?
Ari
Should I get the valve cover replaced?
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