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Re: car runs on one cylinder

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Subject: Re: car runs on one cylinder
From: "MIKE_J2@SFOV1.VERIFONE.COM" <MIKE_J2@sfov1.verifone.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 11:11:00 -1000
> > attempted to start the car it would run on cylinder #4 only.It ran fine
> > till this i did not change the timeing I changed the plugs and wires the
> > distributer cap looks fine.The fireing order is correct also.The only

(I've lost tract of who started this.)

When you pull the plug wires while the car is running, have you verified 
that you have spark to those plugs?  Maybe you can pull all the plugs, hook 
the wires up to them, have someone crank the engine over while you watch 
under the hood and verify that all plugs have fire, ensure they have a 
ground someplace to metal.  Depending on what type of new plug wires you 
used, you could have gotten a bad batch of wires.  While all the plugs are 
out you can also sort of check other stuff like compression in the cylinders.
Fire, fuel, compression, and air.  Does your car have electronic ignition?  
Could be a bad module or controller, checking the spark to each plug will 
verify this.

Mike

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