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I'm hoping one of you guys might be able to point me in the right direction before I go back to the dealership.

 

I have a 2010 Yukon XL Denali with 145000 miles. About 1000 miles ago it threw a cylinder 7 misfire code. Replaced plug, cleared code, didn't come back. 500 miles later, rough idle, no codes. The next day, cylinder 6 misfire. Replace cylinder 6 plug, clear code, code doesn't come back. Rough idle remains. Fire up, warm up truck, take it for a ride down the highway. Check engine light flashes, stabilitrak lights come on. Slow down, all lights go away, try to get up to speed, engine sounds like it's ticking on the even side bank, engine light flashes. Slow back down, light goes away. This happened twice more on my way home always during acceleration. Any idea what my next step might be?

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Any stored codes? Probably not since it was a flashing engine light. Could be a bad coil pack, plug wire etc...

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Is it strange that it jumped from cylinder 7 to 6? That's the part that is troubling me. Should I be worried about that?

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buddy had that on his chevy pickup, every time on the highway the cel would come on and back off the power. the fix was to replace cats, the left side was almost plugged and the right side was half plugged

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That's very strange, I would have to check my reader again but I thought I had good flow. Does anyone know of a good way to check on this without tearing the cats off?

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I went out and did a test run out on the highway, the original condition still remains, checked temps in both cats - 20*F outside temp, both cats are running at 1560*F or so. I would think if they were plugged or plugging they would would be running at drastically different temps and I would imagine they should be running higher than that?

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