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I bought a code reader, because after I moved out here in the sticks it turns out I'm now more then a couple of miles from the nearest AutoZone or O'Reilly, where they usually do that for free.

So here's what happened. I plugged the scanner in, and it said there's a misfire in cylinder five. Easy fix right, probably. Have a look at the spark plug, and that'll tell ya plenty. I went to pull the wire off the plug, and the wire fell the fuck apart. So, maybe not the plug.

I bought a code reader, because after I moved out here in the sticks it turns out I'm now more then a couple of miles from the nearest AutoZone or O'Reilly, where they usually do that for free. So here's what happened. I plugged the scanner in, and it said there's a misfire in cylinder five. Easy fix right, probably. Have a look at the spark plug, and that'll tell ya plenty. I went to pull the wire off the plug, and the wire fell the fuck apart. So, maybe not the plug.

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I'm really at a loss here as to how I should proceed

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Plugs and wires are a first step. Reset check engine light in scanner, run it and see if it’s fixed

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Replace the plugs and wires? You probably don't have a cap and rotor on an '02, but replace that as well if you have it.

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A greater idiot than yourself would replace the spark plug wires first.

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Right, I kinda figured that much. Problem is part of the plug wire, the connecty bit is still on the plug, and it's really not wanting to disconnect. I mean, the wire itself fell apart before the connector gave.

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I use an app called "torque" and a $5 bluetooth dongle that stays plugged in to the obdii port. Real-time feedback, fully customizable monitoring, sensor logs, resets cel... a little late since you already got a scanner, but worth a mention anyway.

Obviously time to replace some spark plug wires, probably the spark plugs as well.

Are you thinking this is just old age, or more like a bad/fouled plug causing wonky current draw? Just curious.