Q: missfire

asked by on July 06, 2017

i have a misfire on my 2000 lesabre,it only happens when my engine is hot. it throws po300 once its hot it will choke out and die and won't start until it cools off .i would prefer a mec from the CLT(charlotte) to answer my question

My car has 121453 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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