P0017 code on a 2006 Rainier 4.2l

SOURCE: 99 buick Lesabre

hey thanks for bringing me up to speed. ive been working on many other problems but with your great explanation i remember.
we need to check the compression on that cyl. and compare it to the compression on 2 other cylinders your choice.
but before you do this get a can of carb cleaner . and with the car idling spray around the intake manifold in the area of #6 cyl. what we are looking for is a small vacuum leak that would also act like this. with the engine idling and spraying around the intake the engines idle sould not change and if it does when you spray you have an intake leaking.
let me know how it turns out.
later
paul

SOURCE: Crankshaft Position Sensor and Camshaft Position Sensor

REMOVE OR DISCONNECT

1. Serpentine belt from the crankshaft pulley.
2. Raise the vehicle on a hoist.
3. Right front tire and wheel assembly.
4. Right inner fender access cover.
5. Using a 28 mm socket, remove the crankshaft harmonic balancer retaining bolt.
6. Crankshaft harmonic balancer using tool J 38192 or equivalent.
7. Sensor electrical connector.
8. Foreign object deflector.
9. Sensor and pedestal from block face.
10. Sensor from pedestal.

1. Loosely install the crankshaft sensor on the pedestal.
2. Position the sensor with pedestal attached on special Tool J 37089.
3. Position the special tool on the crankshaft.
4. Bolts to hold the pedestal to the block face, torque to 20-40 Nm (14-28 lb.ft).
5. Torque the pedestal pinch bolt to 3-4 Nm (38-40 lb.in).
6. Remove special tool J 37089.
7. Place the special tool 37089 on the harmonic balancer and turn. If any vane of the harmonic balancer touches the tool, replace the balancer assembly.
8. Balancer on the crankshaft.

• Apply thread sealer (GM 1052080) or equivalent to the threads of the balancer bolt.

1. Torque the crankshaft bolt to 140 Nm + 56°(104 lb.ft + 56°).
2. Foreign object deflector.
3. Electrical connector.
4. Inner fender shield.
5. Tire and wheel assembly, torque to 140 Nm (104 lb.ft).
6. Lower the vehicle.
7. Serpentine belt.

SOURCE: have a 2000 buick park ave. after changing plugs

Yes start with the coil pak. There are three located on the front of the engine on the pass side, you probably know this. They are marked as to which cylinder each wire goes to, disconnect the wire for #5 cylinder, and if the engine misfire does NOT change, it is more than likely that Coil Pak. Replace it, and use dilectric grease on the two contacts when reinstalling it. Now, I have stumbled on this issue many times and if that does not cure the issue (I think it will), the coil module below the coil pack is probably bad...To remove this module, remove the coil paks, the electrical connector in front (has bolt holding it in) and I remember one bolt holding the module to the aluminum bracket.

Again, to be sure you can switch coil paks around to make sure it is a coil pak. When you switch the bad with a good, the misfire will follow the coil pak, if it does not it is the module.]

Hope this helps.

SOURCE: misfire on number 6. changed

What vehicle?

Spark plugs never misfire, by design, Wear yes,that stresses the
ignition modules

If you have a coil, that is for all cylinders,the others fire okey !

We need your year,engine, V6, V8, etc, to help

You never change parts to solve any issue
That is called wishing,hoping,pushing,poking,

What code # did you get PO306?

SOURCE: 1999 buick century has a code for multiply

What size engine?