Dnny44
Active Member
Hey guys I know recently there has been quite a few discussions on misfires. I have a 2004 Expy 5.4 with a misfire on cylinder 5 as far as I can tell from my OBD II Reader. It seems to be mostly triggered between 40-55 mph between 1200-1500 rpm at pretty much any level of incline. I have replaced the COP and now fuel injector. It seemed to run fine for about 20 mins on the new injector but it is now back lol. I've had this issue for a while and had already done a spark plug replacement all the way around about 6000 miles ago (140,000 on originals). Could it be a bad plug was put in because when they were replaced it didn't seem to fix the problem. Most of the other posts that I have seen reference random misfires and not one on a specific cylinder. Any help is appreciated as always.
[EDIT] Also forgot to mention that I did finally get the truck to throw a code for a misfire on cylinder #5 and random misfires as well. It only happened when I was hauling a 5000 lbs trailer through Tennessee and went to pass a semi on a 65 degree incline at highway speeds. The truck threw the first two codes when the truck geared down. When I did this again under similar circumstance it only threw the cylinder specific code for #5. I am assuming that the #5 misfire occurring too often could have triggered random misfires while the truck was trying to make up the torque. (Nice to be able to read codes while going down the road lol)
[EDIT] Also forgot to mention that I did finally get the truck to throw a code for a misfire on cylinder #5 and random misfires as well. It only happened when I was hauling a 5000 lbs trailer through Tennessee and went to pass a semi on a 65 degree incline at highway speeds. The truck threw the first two codes when the truck geared down. When I did this again under similar circumstance it only threw the cylinder specific code for #5. I am assuming that the #5 misfire occurring too often could have triggered random misfires while the truck was trying to make up the torque. (Nice to be able to read codes while going down the road lol)
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