Multiple Cylinder Misfire. 2.8 Help.

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Jul 22, 2009 | 06:05 PM
  #1  
On my way home from a trip yesterday and out of nowhere I notice the car feels just slightly rough, I look down and notice the CEL is flashing but it never beeped. I was unable to pull over due to heavy traffic, so I just kept going for about a mile or so And the car returned to normal and the CEL went to staying solid. Drove the rest of the way home which was about another 100-150 miles and everything was fine the whole way.
So I scanned the codes today and here's what came up. Random misfire on cylinder 1 & 6. Cleared the codes and went for a drive with both light driving and hard driving up to 100 MPH and everything was fine CEL never came back. What could it have been? Car is a 2.8 BTW. Also I do have leaky valve cover gaskets which will be fixed this week or next if that could have anything to do with it.

CODES:

Address 01: Engine
Controller: 4D0 907 551 AH
Component: 2.8L V6/5V MOTR AT D01
Coding: 06251
Shop #: WSC 06335
6 Faults Found:
16684 - Random/Multiple Cylinder Misfire Detected
P0300 - 35-10 - - - Intermittent
16685 - Shareware Version. To Decode all DTCs
P0301 - 35-10 - Please Register/Activate - Intermittent
16690 - Shareware Version. To Decode all DTCs
P0306 - 35-10 - Please Register/Activate - Intermittent
16684 - Random/Multiple Cylinder Misfire Detected
P0300 - 35-10 - - - Intermittent
16685 - Shareware Version. To Decode all DTCs
P0301 - 35-10 - Please Register/Activate - Intermittent
16690 - Shareware Version. To Decode all DTCs
P0306 - 35-10 - Please Register/Activate - Intermittent
Readiness: 0000 0000
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Jul 22, 2009 | 08:24 PM
  #2  
I just bought a 2.8 and had some misfires on the way home. I popped the hood and noticed the hose from the secondary air pump had come off and was a PITA to put back on. Once it was reconnected the CEL never came back and the car runs much better.

Something to check...
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Jul 22, 2009 | 09:27 PM
  #3  
ya those are all misfire codes. the leaky VCG could be the culprit as oil on the plugs will cause a misfire. you might want to check you plugs too
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Jul 22, 2009 | 11:25 PM
  #4  
Plugs and wires are only about 2 thousand miles old along with the ignition coil module.
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Jul 23, 2009 | 04:59 PM
  #5  
ttt..
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Jul 26, 2009 | 02:34 PM
  #6  
Ok, so it happened again on my way home last night. Really rough and boggy for about 5 minutes then back to normal for the rest of the way home. Any ideas?
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