Need help identifying multiple cylinder misfire on left bank
This vehicle is misfiring and is setting misfire DTC's (EDIT from Skip Codes) on the left bank after short run from cold.
To date, we've replaced plugs and wires and a left side cat converter.
Fyi, I'm Jim Fox, Ken … is the shop owner. We're going to see if we can change the name on the account.
Skip codes? Are we talking about misfire codes? If so, is it a hard miss?
Can you give some information as to testing? Codes with definitions, at Idle or under load, Fuel trim etc
Hi Bob, I'm working with Jim (Ken) on getting more info. Thanks.
If you are using the MB software there are some cool test procedures. The first one is the ability to monitor engine smooth running while either bank A or Bank B is shut down. Because the engine has two plugs/coils per cylinder a misfire can not be apparent when one circuit is failed and the other weak. Shutting off all the A plugs will increase the smooth running counts on a cylinder that was
Hi Ken Check your AirMass sensor this will throw these codes along with P0300.
Good Afternoon Steve Can you expand on where in the xentry software the tcc disable function is located. Was chasing a vibration last week on a 2010 ML350 and could not find it?
I would guess that would be under the activations menu in the trans Module. MB does move things around and some models like the ML have sometimes been slighted. if there is a lock up function separate it could be hidden there.
Thanks Steve I looked pretty hard in the menus and did not see it. Vibration immediately goes away when you use the paddle shift to downshift. Pretty sure the converter has failed. It was a just purchased used vehicle so client was not real interested in extensive diag or repair time. Thanks again for the prepurchase advice on the xentry program. Still feel like a apprentice every time I get a
Hey Jim, It's hard to tell what you are describing exactly, but from this part of your post, "...left bank after short run from cold". It sounds like it begins to happen after is warms up a bit from a cold start. Therefore, I would suggest that you have an oxygen sensor that has failed and the ECM is trying to use it for feedback when it goes into closed loop. Check the oxygen sensor on that