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RangerHater Posted on Mar 05, 2014

2.3l 2001 ford ranger rough idle and running rich and misfiring with p0301 code

Changed plugs and they were all good...changed plug wires too...replaced coil pack and it was good...has a bad rough idle dropping below 1000 rpms.....cleaned mass airflow sensor....throtle control sensor works fine....idle control sensor will cause the engine to die if unplugged..Could the idle control sensor still be bad....

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Anonymous

You have to correct the cylinder misfires first

You may have vacuum leaks somewhere in the
intake or exhaust

You really need to look at data with a scan tool

You start with Mode $06 & cylinder misfire count ,if that
even works well on your motor

Then you look at fuel trim & add short & long together,
to get an idea if it is running rich,which would be a lean
condition from a vacuum leak or rich from leaking injectors

All the data is only good if you haven't cleared it or disconnected
the battery. If you did, then you have to drive until all I/M Monitors
run & then look at data

You look at O2 sensor data & even scope them

You made no mention of checking for codes
No mention of a cylinder leak down test for valve leaks
Exhaust Converter age or condition !
Fuel Pressure !

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Steeler Ed

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  • Posted on May 02, 2009

SOURCE: p0301 trouble code

The misfire is detected by the misfire monitor as a slight change in engine speed which the PCM calculates back to a particular cylinder. The monitor is active continuously, but associates problems into 3 types. Two of the types are monitored on successive trips. The first trip the monitor detects a misfire it sets a pending code but not the MIL light. If on the second trip the same problem occurs the DTC code is set as current problem and sets the MIL light on. The MIL will stay on untill the DTC is deleted. The remaining type is a most sever case and signals the possibility of cat damage. In this case the misfire monitor identifies the problem and the PCM determines it to be severe and immediately sets the DTC as current and the MIL light to flash at a rate of 1 per second until the condition is no longer present, at which time the MIL stays on steady.

So once the P0301 is set it never turns off, except by code deletion procedure.

I think a lean burn condition could cause a misfire, but probably not from a PCV problem which should affect all cylinders equally. There would likely need to be another problem with that cylinder or intake or ...... .

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Roosevelt James

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  • Posted on Jul 15, 2009

SOURCE: 2000 hyundai sonata.. P0300, P0110 and P0102 codes..

Higher octane gas 93 with some good octane boost in the black can at autozone cost about 7 dollars or a bottle of 104 octane boost. Change the fuel filter. Probably only one coil pack is bad. The OBDII reader should tell you which one was a misfire.

Ronnie Wilson

  • 1596 Answers
  • Posted on Jul 30, 2009

SOURCE: misfire in cylinder 3

NO to the MAF Sensor Question, and Spark Plug Wires Or BOOT Will Cause Missfire. As For Mass Air Flow Sensor Easy Check is to Dissconnect it While Engine is Running And If ENGINE SMOOTHES OUT The Sensor is Bad

Anonymous

  • 25 Answers
  • Posted on Oct 21, 2009

SOURCE: I own a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer with 4200 vortec

Do you know if the plugs were changed, a bad or broken plug will also cause rough idle and slow acceleration?

kevingsuzuki

  • 752 Answers
  • Posted on Feb 01, 2010

SOURCE: rough idle. rpms drop. misfire.

try your coil packs they go over your sparks or do plugs first and see what happens do affordable first

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