

| Subject: | Re: Dead Cylinder -91 Carat - 2.1 L WBX |
| From: | Karl Wolz |
| Date: | Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:19:40 -0700 |
Turn it on when cold. Let it idle (roughly) for a minute or two. Feel the four exhaust pipes. The cold one will be your misfire. Pull that injector and inspect or replace with known good. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Oct 15, 2014, at 2:41 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > John > > I would suspect a GummedUp Injector or a Bad SparkPlugWire or even a Bad SparkPlug ~ > > I have seen Both S'Plugs & S'Plugwires cause this sort of symptom ~ > > ORR ~ DeanB > >> On 15 Oct , 2014, at 11:06 AM, John Rodgers wrote: >> >> Heres the deal. Feels like one cyinder is dead -until it reaches near 2000 >> rpm -then it kicks in. Put a load on as when going up a hill and that >> cylinder drops out -once again it feels like its running on three >> cylinders. Using my ECU Monitor, the ignition path is good to the >> distributor. From the distributor to the plugs checks good with a strobe >> and I get a good, strong spark at the plugs themselves. Still no joy! >> >> The only thing left(not counting the AFM -and I get a good signal from it) >> is the throttle body and the injectors themselves. I don't think this is a >> throttle body problem because the air flow would be the same to all >> cylinders. The last item on the list is the injectors. The injector pulse >> is good so I suspect a bad injector, plugged or partially so. Yet there is >> only about 25 miles -but about 5 years of sitting idle and never running >> since the injectors were serviced just before it was parked. >> >> Would anyone else think "bad injector" as well? >> >> Would appreciate any input or comments on this. >> >> Thanks, >> >> John
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