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    Nissan Sentra misses

     



    I know this is a sore spot with a Nissan, but I do own two
    GM cars and a Ford trk, but just happen to own a 2003
    Nissan sentra XE. It's been a good car but has been missing.
    Parts store said #3 cyl had misfire. I changed the wire and
    sparkplug with no change. This car will run perfect at times
    and other times it will miss. Head gasket was replaced not long
    ago. Can a coil or injector act up like this? Hate to spend big bucks
    tracking down a miss in a 10 yr old car. Mileage is 150.000 and
    ck engine light on.

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    could be the coil. I've worked on Fords that throw the same code and its almost always the coil.
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    At the end of the day mate, it is a Pissan and the only good thing that can happen to a Pissan is to aim a shot gun between it's eyes, headlights, and empty several rounds into it to put you and it out of misery....... Yes I have hated Pissans since the little Nipper designed them years ago.
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    I'm assuming that it's got individual coil packs for each cylinder, and if so the coil would be the first thing I'd look at. A coil can fire normally, and then break down and throw erratic mis-fires.
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    Nissan used an antiquated distributor and cam sensor design up into the early 00's and it caused misfires when the cam sensor went out
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    You kinda threw me when you said you changed the wire ? i guess you meant the coil boot ? Anyway that car uses coil on plug ignition and yes coil is a common failure. Easy way to tell is swap #3 coil with # 2 and see if miss moves with it. Also NGK spark plugs only with Jap cars or it'll give you grief. Also if you suspect injector, same deal just move #3 to # 2 as most 4 cylinders are easy to do that with.
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    Did a little research and found that it is common for a bad coil to take out the coil driver in the computer. So after swapping the coils and or injectors if miss remains on #3 you'll be looking at a computer swap. I am assuming that compression is good.
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    Well, I put on another coilpack and problem solved. Does anyone
    know how to erase the codes on this type car? Thanks for all your
    help.

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    Just pull the negative battery cable for about an hour.
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    Well, I put on another coilpack and problem solved. Does anyone
    know how to erase the codes on this type car? Thanks for all your
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