Would a good scanner like at a dealer tell me exactly what is wrong with it?
The car has been running bad and has progressively gotten worse. Now the check engine light is on constantly. Sometimes now it will cut off and wont restart unless you spray engine start (ether) in the throttle body. I dont want to start throwing a lot of money or parts on a car with 200k.
Within the last few months I have changed the plugs and swapped wires, coil, and ignition module of a normal running 3100 V6. None of this has helped and some times when it will not start there is a strong gas smell. Could it be a injector or pump?
I have posted one of my previous posts below with more info.
My friend has a 98 Chevy Malibu V6 3100 with about 200k miles. It will randomly start running like shit like it is misfiring etc. Sometimes if you shut it off and re start it will stop doing it. Most of the time the check engine light doesnt come but it did the other day. I checked the obd codes and it came up 0300 cylinder misfire.
It didnt say what cylinder it is and the manual for code checker said it could be a lot of different things. It has been running ok the last few days though. One day it started sputtering but didnt through the code again. She doesnt want to throw a lot of money into it. What should be checked? replaced etc? I think it has the orignal plug wires but has had the plugs changed before. Thanks CJ
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