Sportage- Missing Sputtering, please help !

[ballan]

Ok, car running ok Friday night, Saturday morning.. It starts sputtering, missing and lerching... acts like it got a bad dose of fuel.

So I have changed the fuel filter, spark plugs and still missing. Advance Auto did a code check and says #3 cylinder missing.

So now what. any ideas.. please help as this is a family car and we are in bad need of it.

[martindj]

I think the next step is to check your ignition coil leads. You could always swap the coils over and see if you are still misfiring on #3 If so, then it could be your leads or the actual injector itself. I had mine sent away to be ultrasonic cleaned and it seemed to do the trick but it was not a 5 minute job! Good luck and let us know how you get on.