Note- I went ahead and started my own "real" thread so I would stop hijacking Bob's LCA thread and my other "fuel injectors wanted" thread...
Dude we're having the exact same problems, except I think my misfire is maybe worse because the CEL light is blinkning a lot for me... Things got better for a little after I swapped in OEM plugs, but now the problems are back with a vengeanceOriginally Posted by Bob98SR5
I drove to work this morning and the CEL flashed nearly the whole time, so bad that I called up a shop and dropped it by at lunch... of course it ran not too bad on the way over It seems to me I get the most misfiring when it's been sitting overnight and is cool outside, but doesn't get better after the engine warms up. BUT, when it's been sitting in the parking lot at work in the sun, the engine runs better and doesn't misfire much at first. Very weird...
The shop bawked when I told them some of the stuff I have on the car's fuel system, such as the fuel injectors not being Toyota OEM, but they're going to try and diagnose if the injectors are firing correctly and a compression test. The guy was more receptive when I told him I just wanted to try and have them help narrow down where the problem is for a start.
I'm not burning oil so it doesn't seem like I could have a piston rings issue, but maybe valves (although I put remanufactured heads on just 3 years ago). I'm hoping and not hoping it's the injectors; on the one hand I won't have to swap in a whole new engine if it's just injectors, on the other they'll be hard to find. I'm going to have to bitch at Gadget until he sells me a spare or six... I'm willing to buy 6 just to have them on hand for a rainy day at this point!