My 2004 Pontiac Grand Am V6 has an apparent cylinder 5 misfire
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I have a Pontiac Grand Am with the 3.4 V6 and I recently had to have it towed home because it was juddering violently and seemed quite low on power. Since then, a friend of mine who has worked on cars has checked the codes on it. It registered a "cylinder 5 misfire". We replaced the leads and plugs to no avail. We rented a tool and found that there was (apparently) no coolant in the engine block. That said, the fouled cylinder and at least one other were fouled with coolant. My friend, without having examined any further, thinks it could be a bad valve lifter. I have tentatively arranged to get it towed to a repair shop for further investigation. When presented with the facts I so far have, the guy at the shop thought it could be a bad cylinder coil. However, since I do not want to drive it in its current state, I would likely have to get it towed to the shop. I just wanted to see if any of you think it may be worth trying to fix or if it would be better to scrap it?
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If you have no coolant you need to find the leak first. You could have a blown head gasket. I think your friend means a bad valve but you are getting ahead of your self.
You could have a bad coil, very possible but before you replace parts find the coolant leak.
Alex
