2002 5.4 misfire trouble shooting
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2002 5.4 misfire trouble shooting
As you all probably know, diagnosing misfires can be a real pain. I wanted to post some resources that I found this go around that took some of the guesswork out of figuring out which cylinder was the culprit. The key for me was to get a scan tool that will read Mode $06 data on the OBDII. I got a BlueDriver module ($100) and the free software to to that.
The cylinder misfire information in Mode $06 is TID:53 ID:01 - TID:53 ID:08. You will have to complete a drive cycle for the misfire tests to complete. I will try to attach documents and links with information about Mode $06 troubleshooting.
I took my truck to a shop because I suspected a coil going bad. He was unable to find any misfire information, replaced a corroded battery terminal and gave me the truck back. After a bunch of research, I was able to find the the tool I needed and was able to get data that showed cylinder 6 was misfiring. I got a new coil and replaced #6 coil and all is well.
The image above is the report from the BlueDriver software that identifies cylinder 6 misfiring.
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