98 Nissan Pathinder Distributor Components

[SinceByMan]

Ive been away from the Nissan world for a long time but I now have a 98 Pathfinder that recently started having some issues. Today I pressure washed the engine bay (gently, was careful not to spray any electrical components directly) and started the car up after and it ran fine. About an hour later I started it again and it seemed like it was misfiring, threw a check engine light and code for cylinder #2 misfire.

I pulled the wire for cylinder #2 while idling and it made no difference. I noticed the spark was orange not blue so it seemed weak. Is it possible to replace the coil on these distributors? I can only seem to find the entire unit and it was recently replaced. Also couldnt seem to find a condenser and I know that a bad condenser can cause a misfire.

I cleaned all the harness connections and the MAF and it seemed to get better but its still misfiring. Any ideas? Im lost on this one.

[Rockwood]

If you have good spark on 5 cylinders (you can easily check a couple) and a miss on #2, it is probably moisture under the cap, or moisture somewhere inside the distributor. Or possibly under the connector for the #2 wire at the cap. Probably drying it out will help. The coil is fine if it is getting good spark on the other 5 cylinders. Make sure the inside of the cap is clean.

Small parts are getting harder to find. I often check on Ebay first. I look for national brands, and then I check those prices elsewhere. If you only find parts from China listed on Ebay, you may have some trouble sourcing the part. Nissan maybe ( many small parts have been discontinued) or possibly NAPA. They supply the trade, so they might be able to help.

There are distributor parts listed on Ebay.