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Old 01-15-2020, 07:26 PM
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Unhappy Very rough idle code p0300

2002 Grand Cherokee Limited 4.7 V8 120,000 miles.

Wife told me "Took the dogs out for a hike, Jeep ran fine. Got in to go home, barley idles, runs very rough."

Did the "turn the key 3 times" and got 3 codes.
P0300 , P0307 , and P0308.

Cylinder misfires acording to Quadratec's website.

https://www.quadratec.com/jeep_knowl...article-39.htm

I'm thinking coil packs/ plugs? Maybe Fuel injectors?

This thing was babied by the former owner and is CLEAN.

Any ideas are appreciated.

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Check your cables and grounds first, not because it's the most likely problem but because it's free and cheap and might be your problem.

Hard to believe a coil pack going south all at once like that. Verify fuel pressure.
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You are thinking right, cyls 7 and 8 coil pack. Classic codes for this. 300 is the general misfire, and cyls 7 and 8 are misfiring.
if unsure, replace with a junkyard $10 pack(s). Just went through the same scenario twice with 2 relatives cars.
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Well, to update. I replaced all 8 coils and all 8 sparkplugs. The old ones were getting pretty bad. And figured why just do 2 coilpacs. Also replaced the PCV valve and the TPS sensor since i read its a good thing to do.
Same problem!
Its also throwing another code now , P0207. ???
Check grounds, seemed clean.
UGH!
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As you probably know already the PO207 is for the injector cylinder 7. It could also be the wiring harness or the pcm.
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