Coil on plug

Tiny
KEVINLOKEN
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  • 1997 FORD TAURUS
  • V8
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 169,000 MILES
I just did an OBDII test and im just curioius what this means
ignition timing advance for #1 cylinder value units are at 0 degrees, min is 0.00, average is 2.93, max is 37.00 does this mean I have no spark or hardly a spark in coil on plug in cylinder 1?
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 AT 7:00 PM

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Tiny
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Misfire at cylinder no.1 -check the sparkplug, compression and injector for this cylinder-DIS -check coil too-
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Saturday, April 23rd, 2011 AT 8:42 PM
Tiny
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I changed my spark plugs in january im hoping if anything its just the coil on plug thats done lol but again its still takes like 2.5 hrs to take all that stuff off engine just to get to the back
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Sunday, April 24th, 2011 AT 4:16 PM
Tiny
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Ok so I ran engine and unplugged 1 coil on plug at a time well the front 4 anyways haha um when I unplugged coil #5 I didnt notice a change in idle or anything but when I unplugged 6, 7, 8 I noticed a big difference engine stumbled more obviously almost felt like it was gonna stall would this mean coil pack on cylinder 5 is done or almost done? We got no codes but I have been told ford computers r dumb as a bag of hammers lol
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 AT 8:16 AM

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