V6 cylinder numbering

**Icherus** · December 15th, 2009, 12:12 PM

Hey guys, just a quick question, what's the cylinder order on our v6? Not the firing order, just the actual cylinder numbers lol. I did some searching on 6crew and on google and google came up with the 3.0 as

1-2-3 back bank

4-5-6 front bank

*Front of vehicle here*

Is that right? I came up with a cylinder 5 misfire today and I just want to make sure before I check it out after work tonight. Really hoping I don't have to remove the IM. Thanks anyone that can answer

**MariusVT** · December 15th, 2009, 12:19 PM

That is the correct numbering & orientation.

**flipper** · December 15th, 2009, 03:43 PM

this should be stickied for sure. I had a devil of time finding those number the first time I had igntion issues.

**GiftedPlacebo** · December 15th, 2009, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by flipper

this should be stickied for sure. I had a devil of time finding those number the first time I had igntion issues.

Done.

**flipper** · December 15th, 2009, 03:47 PM

ty sir

**Front 1ine** · December 15th, 2009, 05:16 PM

Always pray you have a misfire in 4, 5, or 6. lol

**Buckeye** · December 15th, 2009, 09:18 PM

There should be a number on a sticker wrapped around the wire leaving the coil. They are kinda flimsy and fall off easily though.

Classic Ford numbering system.

**Dom** · July 8th, 2010, 11:59 AM

stupid question but i need to make sure.. Is the front or back bank considered bank 1

**The Great NY** · July 8th, 2010, 12:13 PM

rear bank is bank 1.

95% of the time or better, the Bank 1 is the bank that hold Cylinder 1

**Dom** · July 8th, 2010, 12:27 PM

thank you. thats what i thought.

**flipper** · December 29th, 2010, 10:02 PM

used this again this evening. Thanks for making it easy to find the info.... driving a 5 cyclindar mazda6 isn't as awesome as it sound.

**dfw6er** · December 29th, 2010, 11:19 PM

^bad coil or plug?

**flipper** · December 30th, 2010, 09:50 AM

changed out my #3 coil in 15 mins well my wife warmed up her car, she laughed and said glad I dont have to do all that on my G to replace a coil. Checked here first to verify I was doing #3 and not #1........ better to check than have to do it twice.

shits are 70 bucks now at the autozone. brother is order 2 sets of 4v plugs for me today..... I should never have a coil issue again.

**The Great NY** · December 30th, 2010, 10:22 AM

been running cobra coils in my car since early summer. no issues at all thus far .

**dfw6er** · April 26th, 2011, 11:15 PM

Got a CEL this AM on the way to work. Took off from a stop and hit 60 in 2nd gear and the CEL popped up. AZ pulled the code and, thankfully, it's cylinder 4 misfire. This happened once before at WOT about a year ago, so I'm pretty sure I don't need to replace the COP or plug...but if I do, at least it's easy as hell to replace.

Glad this is stickied.

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