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Renault

A misfire that only showed at 2,000 rpm under load

Job from May 2017

Job sheet Diagnostics
Vehicle
Renault
Came in with
Kept misfiring at 2,000 rpm under load.
What we found
Reproduced on the rolling road, where it could be watched safely: coil and plugs.
What we did
New coil and plugs. Pulls cleanly again.

Rewritten from PK’s original post of May 2017. Old address: /blog/misfiring-renault/ (now redirects here).

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