Naio wrote:
One of the vans I am looking at (current top contender) had a misfire, now traced to a bad coil and fixed.
The seller is the type who did not notice the misfire. So I have no idea how long she was driving it like that. She just got back from a 2000 mile trip, anyway.
Does this matter?
YES.
raw or unburned fuel can and will cause problems, if not now, down the road. Cylinder wash is just one of the many potential problems..
Raw or unburned fuel WILL poison the cat converters and the OXY sensors.. Two generic cat converters at $300 plus labor each and 2 upstream OXY sensors at $50 each..
So, you could be in for $700 worth of parts plus labor due to premature raw fuel damage to the external parts..
I would "pass"..
