Q: Cylinder 2 misfire

asked by on January 08, 2017

I am having cylinder 2 misfire. Both valve springs in cylinder two will work great but you turn it over 10 to 15 times and they both comletely stops working.. any ideas

My car has 174000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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