The year, make and engine info would help us help you.
My mechanic claims that a bad Egr can in fact effect the firing potential of certain cylinders by for instance flooding them with too much exhaust.
Find and repair the cause of a misfire on cylinder #5.see related question below.Find and repair the cause of a misfire on cylinder #5.see related question below.
Driver's side head front to rear is 1-3-5-7 cylinders. The other head front to rear is 2-4-6-8 cylinders.
My idle was running rough and slight loss of power (5 cylinder engine). The power loss is more noticeable on cars with less cylinders.
P0300 is for random engine misfire p0301 and p0305 are misfires on cylinders # 1 and #5 www.lextechautomotivellc.com
If you have an engine code that is saying misfire on these cylinders it is usually a bad coil on the plugs of those cylinders. You are probably going to need to have them replaced. Check and replace the plugs if necessary.
A cylinder misfire by itself shouldn't cause to much damage, but if you drive it while it's misfiring, it will cause a strain on the rst of the engine because you are going to be pulling the same weight with only 5 cylinders. The car will work harder, get hotter, etc. My suggestion is definitely to figure out the problem before driving the car anywhere long distance. A couple short trips is probably not going to cause undue damage, but if you have a way to drive a different car until you get the misfire fixed, I would hold off on even the couple short trips.
it is because it is running on 5 cylenders or 3 cylinders depending on the motor
1998 Volvo V70 GLT ~ After tune up I'm getting a check engine light that says misfire in all 5 cylinders. Used NGK copper plugs. The car runs like a champ but wont pass emissions. What do I do?
It can and it will eventually cause the engine to self destruct and you will be not running at all.
Bad plugs, wire , coil packs if it has them.
Your 2000 Nissan Maxima has a 3.0 liter V6 engine , so it has ( 6 ) engine cylinders It sounds like there is a problem with the # 5 engine cylinder , perhaps an engine cylinder misfire ?