In a message dated 6/30/04 7:41:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
dwgwater@hotmail.com writes:
> My #2 cylinder isn't firing. I replaced the plug (old was black and nasty)
> and it fired for a couple minutes, but stopped again. The cap & rotor are
> "recent" I plan to check the valve adjustment and probably ought to
> replace the plug wires. Any long distance guesses as to what would make one
> cylinder bad?
>
Dave:
I doubt timing has anything to do with the cylinder not firing. That would
be an electrical problem of some sort, assuming the other three are firing.
Probably has to do with the wire or the plug. Or--you said the cap and rotor
are "recent". Are they good USA type quality or are they Taiwanese flimsies.
If the latter, perhaps something has gone awry with them. How does the plug
look? Is it fouled with soot or water or some gunk that isn't supposed to be
there? Are you getting fire at the end of the wire that connects to the plug?
My #3 cylinder was not firing, or at least sporadically, and it turned out to
be a head gasket letting water into the cylinder. But I WAS getting fire to
the top of the plug. Compression test showed screwy readings for that
cylinder. New head gasket, hi temp copper spray on both sides, now it runs
like a top.
--David C.
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