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Check Engine light came on.. :/
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<blockquote data-quote="scott degroot" data-source="post: 960704" data-attributes="member: 66039"><p>A misfire can wipe out the catalytic converter, cause a decrease in performance...duh, and casue a drop in mpg. A good catalytic converter properly installed will run you $500+ adn fuel is just south of $4 a gal so you be the judge of how severe the problem is.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Given your descripton of the problem it sounds like you have a plain old secondary ignition misfire and from the code it sounds like it's cylinder #6 that is doing it. My recomendation to you is to get yourself a set of oem spark plugs, don't let the parts store sell you Bosch or some other garbage, and a set of Denso plug wires, you can find cheaper plug wires but they are garbage.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If you are mechanically inclined you can change the plugs and wires yourself, there is probably even a how to in the projects section</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scott degroot, post: 960704, member: 66039"] A misfire can wipe out the catalytic converter, cause a decrease in performance...duh, and casue a drop in mpg. A good catalytic converter properly installed will run you $500+ adn fuel is just south of $4 a gal so you be the judge of how severe the problem is. Given your descripton of the problem it sounds like you have a plain old secondary ignition misfire and from the code it sounds like it's cylinder #6 that is doing it. My recomendation to you is to get yourself a set of oem spark plugs, don't let the parts store sell you Bosch or some other garbage, and a set of Denso plug wires, you can find cheaper plug wires but they are garbage. If you are mechanically inclined you can change the plugs and wires yourself, there is probably even a how to in the projects section [/QUOTE]
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