mtd
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Hey Gurus,
Other day thought I felt a slight engine shudder turning into driveway - then stability control turned off, then quiet, no further problem for a few days until tonight...
Again, turning into a driveway, stability control went off, engine light on. Engine shuddering. Engine light now staying on.
Hooked up the scanner and got a PO305 (cyl 5 misfire). Makes sense (shuddering). Took it on another short drive and of course, it was fine. So, coil? plugs, injectors? No idea.
Got it booked in (no, I don't touch engines anything after 1980...) but can't get it looked at until 20th.
Naive Question: In your experience/opinion can I still drive this vehicle (short trips) without doing any major damage? Understand this might be akin to asking how long your piece of string is - just figuring out whether I should plan to lose access to the car next 1.5 weeks.
Cheers
Other day thought I felt a slight engine shudder turning into driveway - then stability control turned off, then quiet, no further problem for a few days until tonight...
Again, turning into a driveway, stability control went off, engine light on. Engine shuddering. Engine light now staying on.
Hooked up the scanner and got a PO305 (cyl 5 misfire). Makes sense (shuddering). Took it on another short drive and of course, it was fine. So, coil? plugs, injectors? No idea.
Got it booked in (no, I don't touch engines anything after 1980...) but can't get it looked at until 20th.
Naive Question: In your experience/opinion can I still drive this vehicle (short trips) without doing any major damage? Understand this might be akin to asking how long your piece of string is - just figuring out whether I should plan to lose access to the car next 1.5 weeks.
Cheers