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2005 Chevrolet Colorado Repair Question


Topics covered: Spark, Compression, Door.
Mileage: 92,000 miles.

Asked on November 28, 2011

Trouble code p0304

Two weeks ago the vehicle developed a misfire. Scanner gave a P0304 code stating cyl. no. 4 misfire. Replaced the coil which cleared the problem for two weeks. Same problem - same code. Part store exchanged the coil. Installed new coil but misfire still there. Swapped coils on cylinders - problem stayed on cyl. 4. Checked wiring and found nothing. Have +12v on pink wire - ground on black - looks like pulses on green wire (at least #4 looks like the other cylinders). Pulled PCM off firewall to inspect it - found nothing obvious. After putting PCM back cyl. 4 still misfiring, door locks do not work, driver's window will not move, and clock reset to 1200. Do I have a bad plug at the PCM or do you think there might be other issues?
Avatar Asked by bschrum

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Replied on November 28, 2011

Did you try swapping the plug with another cylinder too?

Take a compression test also.

Tiny Answered by Wrenchtech (expert)
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Replied on November 28, 2011

first of all, you missed the obvious. try changing the spark plug and I bet your issue with the 304 is gone

if you disconnected the pcm, you now have to have the pcm re flashed or re programmed. you ereased the memory in the pcm.

Roy

Tiny Answered by ASEMaster6371 (expert)
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Replied on November 28, 2011

You shouldn't have any programming problems with the PCM. It will lose the adaptive memory and any codes stored but that should be all.

Tiny Answered by Wrenchtech (expert)
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Replied on November 29, 2011

Changed the spark plugs with the new coil with no improvement. Compression is good. Did not disconnect the PCM - just detached it from the firewall (plastic fingers).

Tiny Response from bschrum
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Replied on November 29, 2011

If the spark is good, compression is good, that only leaves the fuel injector. You can try moving that injector to a different cylinder to see if the misfire moves with it.

Tiny Answered by Wrenchtech (expert)
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Replied on November 29, 2011

Thought about the injector too. I was probably not clear. I changed the spark plugs but still have no spark out of four. I put a plug in the coil out of the cylinder to check that. Checked all the voltages on the plug but not sure if I am seeing pulses on the green wire. That is the wire that goes back to the PCM. With all the other issues (door locks, driver's window, and radio) I am still wondering about the plug going into the PCM.

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Replied on November 29, 2011

If you have power and pulse to the coil, you should have spark if the coil is good, assuming you are grounding the spark plug or using a spark tester which is what you should be doing.

Tiny Answered by Wrenchtech (expert)
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Replied on November 29, 2011

I know I have power and ground but I am not sure if I have pulse to coil. Any down and dirty way to test that?

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