Q: Misfires when I accelerate sometimes on idle mainly when you push gas petal

asked by on February 08, 2018

The car misfires sometimes at idle, other times when steppin on the gas or at low rpms. Runs fine for the most part, just misfires when I try to accelerate to fast. Already changed plugs, but not wires or coil. Codes read multiple misfires, runnin lean.

My car has 238000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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