DEAR FRIENDS

FIRST OF ALL HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND BLESSINGS TO ALL.MY 2004 DISCO 26700 MILES HAS A BLINKING SERVICE ENGINE SOON AND A MISFIRE THAT FEELS LIKE A FOULED UP SPARK PLUG.I RETRIEVED CODES PO300 AND PO305.WHAT CAN IT BE AND HOW SERIOUS IS IT.JUST WANT SOME PEACE OF MIND BEFORE TAKING IT TOMY MECHANIC.BY THE WAY LAST TIME I TOOK IN FOR SERVICE THEY TOLD ME WIRES ARE A LITTLE FRAYED.CAN THIS BE RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM?THANKS IN ADVANCE AND ONCE AGAIN MY BLESSINGS TO ALL!

 

If you where to read your owners manual you would see it is very serious and should not be driven when the light is flashing.
Early for wires, even Rover wires, but if that is the case, I would recommend you order some 8 mm Magnacor wires as replacements.
Consider pulling the #5 plug, 3rd one on the drivers side and see what it looks like.
If wires are called for and you are some what mechanical, I would suggest you save $300 plus in labor by replacing them yoursels, I can walk you thru doing that.
Get back to us.

 

What Mike meant to say is do NOT drive it with any dash lights flashing.

Sorry Mike, but you forgot the "not" in your post. Oversight I know, it happens to all of us.

 

Thanks Spike.
Mike

 

GUYS I AM GETTING A LITTLE UN EASY,YOU SAYTHE FLASHING LIGHT IS SERIOUS JUST HOW SERIOUS IS IT.WHAT ELSE DO YOU SUSPECT IT CAN BE?WHAT IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO?

 

Have you not read your owners manual, might want to.
How serious is this, how would you like to pay parts and labor to replace your cts and "Y" pipe cause you fried your cats, only cost you under $800 give or take a little. Granted, the cats are under A Federal warranty, but when the dealer sees your Check engine light flashing he will most likely not warranty your parts cause you didn't want to deal with it, that's why some people call warning lights, idiot lights, cause some people won't even pay attention to something this simple.
It is obvious you have a limited amount of mechanical back ground and that is fine, but when some one says it is serious, take it as being serious and deal with it.

 

I CALLED MY MECHANIC HE TOLD ME THE EXACT SAME THING ABOUT THE CATS.I ALREADY HAVE AN APOINTMENT WILL NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK UNTIL THEN WHICH IS NOT TO FAR.I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT A NEW MOTOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.I ALWAYS TAKE YOUR ADVICE MIKE AND I REALLY APRECIATE YOUR HELP.UP TO NOW YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ON THE DOT.THANK YOU AS ALWAYS.

 

El gallo, online using all capital letters = yelling at somebody.

 

by all means no! I am not yelling sorry if it looks that way.The majority of the time I have caps lock.Thanks for the observation.