I was driving the 96 850GLT (110,000 miles) in town this morning when it felt and sounded like I lost a cylinder. The Check engine light started flashing and the engine continued to run rough with a noticable miss. Then about twenty seconds after it had started, the check engine light went to steady on and the miss went away.

I have driven the car three or four times since the miss and the car appears to be running normally. Starts right up and does not appear to be short any power.... The check engine light will not go out.

Anyone have an idea as to what caused this?? I am going to try to get with my local OBDII guy this afternoon or in the morning to see if there are any codes, but I thought someone on the board might be able to provide some information before then.

Thank you in advance

Oliver

Us guys need the codes too. There are lots of possibilities, but the major one would be an O2 sensor which could have been messed up with some bad gasoline.

Klaus
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95 854T, 88 780, 88 245

Thank you for the quick response. I will try to get the code as soon as I can. I am hoping that it was just a piece of carbon that fouled an injector. I have not had the injectors pulled on this car, but it has run so well I really didn't think it was needed....

Oliver

Don't ovelook the obvious. Check your rotor, dist cap, plugs, plug wires, air filter and fuel filter. You may get all kinds of codes when all that is needed is a simple tune up. If you don't know the history of any of these items, go ahead and replace what you can't inspect. While you have the dist cap removed, make sure to check and clean the flame trap.