Evening folks, first time poster!
ive recently had some engine issues and a check engine light come on; just hit 88k. Some backstory— the car was originally my wife’s and regardless of the amount of attention I try to pay to our vehicles, she treated it poorly. This includes driving 3-5K miles past a due oil change, running the tank dry and just generally being hard on the vehicle. Ever since there has been a tick but I’m pretty sure it’s a rocker arm issue, I’m just not confident in my ability to repair this. Other than the tick though the car has run fine for the last year or so until recently. Symptoms include:
-when idling (park or brake) the car would randomly jerk. There is no dip in rpm with this.
-when gradually accelerating in a higher gear at lower speeds (mine will ride 7th gear @40mph) the car will struggle and shudder until it reaches over 2000rpm or goes into a lower gear
-the first time the car did the shudder the check engine light flashed and has stayed on.
I stopped by autozone and had them pull the codes and the only code coming up is P0302- cylinder 2 misfire. My mind goes directly to spark plugs and since it’s an easy access I took care of that today. And yes, the plug looked like it needed changing so that’s good and the coil visually looked fine, no oil or water on the coil.
the car is still presenting symptoms albeit far less, but they’re still there/check engine still on. Friends with dodges suave mentioned I could be a battery or alternator issue but the car while on with all accessories running is reporting 14 and change volts.
I did notice the throttle body had some residue but I didn’t know if this could be the culprit. I’m going to test the coil (swap 2 &4 and see if it follows) and hopefully that’s all.
Weirdly though, when autozone gives you the code they give you a suggested repair/part and they recommended the rocker arm assembly. This wouldnt cause a misfire would it? All help is welcome and thank you in advance. And before I forget, my main goal other than not breaking down is to polish this turd and trade it in. I’m handy and up for repairs at home but if it needs to go in so be it. Thanks again.
ive recently had some engine issues and a check engine light come on; just hit 88k. Some backstory— the car was originally my wife’s and regardless of the amount of attention I try to pay to our vehicles, she treated it poorly. This includes driving 3-5K miles past a due oil change, running the tank dry and just generally being hard on the vehicle. Ever since there has been a tick but I’m pretty sure it’s a rocker arm issue, I’m just not confident in my ability to repair this. Other than the tick though the car has run fine for the last year or so until recently. Symptoms include:
-when idling (park or brake) the car would randomly jerk. There is no dip in rpm with this.
-when gradually accelerating in a higher gear at lower speeds (mine will ride 7th gear @40mph) the car will struggle and shudder until it reaches over 2000rpm or goes into a lower gear
-the first time the car did the shudder the check engine light flashed and has stayed on.
I stopped by autozone and had them pull the codes and the only code coming up is P0302- cylinder 2 misfire. My mind goes directly to spark plugs and since it’s an easy access I took care of that today. And yes, the plug looked like it needed changing so that’s good and the coil visually looked fine, no oil or water on the coil.
the car is still presenting symptoms albeit far less, but they’re still there/check engine still on. Friends with dodges suave mentioned I could be a battery or alternator issue but the car while on with all accessories running is reporting 14 and change volts.
I did notice the throttle body had some residue but I didn’t know if this could be the culprit. I’m going to test the coil (swap 2 &4 and see if it follows) and hopefully that’s all.
Weirdly though, when autozone gives you the code they give you a suggested repair/part and they recommended the rocker arm assembly. This wouldnt cause a misfire would it? All help is welcome and thank you in advance. And before I forget, my main goal other than not breaking down is to polish this turd and trade it in. I’m handy and up for repairs at home but if it needs to go in so be it. Thanks again.
