Should my EML worry me?

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So I knew I had a leaking rocker cover gasket since new year. Have noticed a occasional slight misfire when idling but since then it's got worse. I drive about 300 miles a week in my 2004 yaris 1.0 and today my engine was shaking really badly, at all speeds. At 2nd gear doing 15mph throttle flat to the floor doesn't pick up speed for a couple of seconds. Engine light turned on. Not driving (or working) until I get the spark plugs changed with the gasket asap. But could I drive it 1 mile with a really bad misfire? My mechanic is about 1 mile up the road but I'm not too sure about driving it there?

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Mechanic changed the plugs and said they were dripping with oil. Said it'll happen again if I don't change the rocker cover gasket so my cars booked in for Thursday morning. Eml was p0302 I think, cylinder 2 misfire. But it has gone away, hopefully for good.

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Got the rocker cover changed and my car is running super smooth. Sometimes it feels as though the engine isn't even on then I see the revs at 800! I got a set of 4 coil packs, from another yaris I scrapped. Had a look at the camshaft and timing chain, looks like it's new! Chain is tight and camshaft looks good

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Pastie Bloater said:

Happy days, cheapest misfire fix I ever had was on a Micra using a £5 coil pack from the scrappies. Keep on top of the oil changes and these kinds of engines rarely go seriously wrong.

They're great engines, planning to keep it until the engine explodes, if it does. But I change my oil with oil filter every 5k miles and service every 10k so it should be good for a long time