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Can you drive a car with a third cylinder misfire? I'm driving to NYC from Pittsburgh PA and my check engine light came on for the 3rd cylinder misfire...I already had the tune up already and they replaced the spark plugs and wires, but the light came back on about 3 weeks later as the same thing. I don't have time to have it fixed now, so I have to drive it with the engine light on and just want to make sure it's ok to drive it 6 hours to and 6 hours from NYC. A mechanic said it was ok, but I wanted a second opinion. Thanks.

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