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Originally Posted by spdrcr29
Aside from swapping the coils and injectors to another cylinder and seeing what happens, i'm going to go out on a limb here and say its possible that you have a head gasket problem and a small amount of coolant is getting into at least one or both of those cylinders. Do you notice the misfire at cold start up at all? After driving it for a while, you can pull one or both of those plugs and look for any steam coming out. You might have to hold a mirror over the plug hole when doing this. Something else you can do is drive it for a while and then park it overnight. Pull either #1 or #2 plug or both and use a borescope to see if you can see any traces of coolant on top of the pistons. Good luck finding the issue!
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Thanks for your help. It's not the head gaskets though. I was on the interstate when it started and I stopped at an Advance Parts store and bought a tool set and moved the coils around to different locations and nothing changed, (the misfires stayed on 1 and 2). I also pulled the plugs and they were worn some but no sign of coolant or oil or anything. They looked perfectly normal, just worn from age. I went ahead and replaced the ones on the passenger side. I didn't do the driver's side since I was working with very poor tools and in the parts store parking lot. I continued home which was between 150-200 miles. It only misfires under load so I drove in 4th gear and kept the rpms up a little and was able to limit the misfires. Through all of that it never heated up, steamed, or showed any signs of head gasket failure. The coolant level didn't move at all either. Anyway, I haven't had a chance to work on it since then because I'm hunkered down in our mountain vacation place which is about 300 miles from home. Once I get home I'll start back on it and I'll probably call Identifix and see if they can help. Thank you again for taking the time to reply.
