Therefore, if two cylinders misfire on the same bank together they both may set the misfire fault even if neither cylinder individually exceeds the catalyst/misfire threshold. Typically the driveability level is calibrated to set prior to the emissions/catalyst level if a two stage fault is desired. This fault would set to notify the user of a problem prior to it causing damage to the exhaust aftertreatment system. Misfire is typically a result of one or more factors. These factors can include but may not be limited to: 1) a fouled or damaged spark plug(s), 2) a damaged or defective ignition coil(s) or coil wire(s) resulting in weak spark generation, 3) a plugged or contaminated injector(s) that intermittently sticks closed resulting in a lean cylinder charge, 4) an injector(s) that is stuck open causing an uncontrolled rich cylinder charge, 5) low fuel supply pressure resulting in multiple lean cylinders, 6) low cylinder compression due to a failed or worn piston ring(s) or non-seating valve(s) can result in a low cylinder pressure charge that may not be ignited, and 7) an exhaust leak in close proximity to an exhaust valve permitting uncontrolled amounts of oxygen to be drawn into a cylinder generating an excessively lean charge either directly resulting in misfire or possibly causing excessive combustion temperatures resulting in burned valves and loss of compression. Misfire can be difficult to correct as it may be a function of one or more of the conditions mentioned above and may require checking and/or changing several components for each cylinder or cylinders affected. This fault sets if the misfire counter for cylinder #7 exceeds the driveability misfire limit set in the misfire diagnostic calibration and is based on a percentage of misfire over a certain number of engine cycles.
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