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1. car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: "ALLAN ELDRIDGE" <eldridge@nbnet.nb.ca>; Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 19:54:13 -0300; On the first trip after winter the head gasket failed after one mile .This car is kept in a heated garage.After the gasket was replaced i attempted to start the car it would run on cylinder #4 only.I; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00527.html (7,897 bytes)
2. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 19:16:49 -0700 (PDT); thereisnowayyourcarrunson1cylinder! if you're lucky it might run on two with a lot of throttle but I really doubt it do you mean the alternator light by ignition light how do you know that you are ru; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00528.html (8,570 bytes)
3. car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: "ALLAN ELDRIDGE" <eldridge@nbnet.nb.ca>; Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 06:47:44 -0300; To give further info on the dash it says ignition I refer it to an ignition light sorry if this caused confusion. This may not be going off due to low engine speed .yes it runs on one cylinder only i; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00543.html (8,055 bytes)
4. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 11:55:33 -0400; Allan: Have you called Guinness yet? If not, do so immediately. This is the only instance of a 4-cyl car running on one cyl I have *ever* heard of. You should by all means take full-colour video and; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00558.html (8,887 bytes)
5. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 13:59:15 -0400 (EDT); Um.... I've deleted Allan's original post, but I believe he said pulling 3 spark plug wires one at a time made no difference. The test of whether it is running on 1 cylinder would properly be to pull; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00565.html (9,516 bytes)
6. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: "MIKE_J2@SFOV1.VERIFONE.COM" <MIKE_J2@sfov1.verifone.com>; Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 11:11:00 -1000; (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 u; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00566.html (9,091 bytes)
7. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: "Michael L. Hendrick" <104405.1163@compuserve.com>; Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 14:48:55 -0400; When I first got my '78 midget 'running', it was only firing on cylinders 1 & 4, verified by pulling the plug wires off 2 & 3. Compression on 2 was 140, 3 was zero. Found that #3 had the valves adjus; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00568.html (8,354 bytes)
8. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: James Robert Mcdougal <jmcd@cats.ucsc.edu>; Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 15:11:53 -0700 (PDT); Not to make this situation any more complex than it already is, My housemate has a motorcycle with a one cylinder, four stroke engine. It is a Suzuki Savage, and I imagine that the flywheel is weight; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00570.html (10,136 bytes)
9. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: NKED65A@prodigy.com ( BOB NOGUEIRA); Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 22:44:25, -0500; -- [ From: Bob Nogueira * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] -- Had a similar problem when I tried to start my B after a engine rebuild. turned out to be two fouled plugs and and two wires on the wrong plugs. Now I al; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00587.html (10,313 bytes)
10. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: arm@unix.infoserve.net (Ross MacPherson); Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 20:25:46 -0700; heard of. Funny, .... my B fires all four but in a sort of one at a time rythym thing.......(bada bing!!!!) Sorry Corey, I couldn't help myself. Cheers, ___ \______ Ross MacPherson / __ \ __ / /--|); /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00590.html (8,919 bytes)
11. RE: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: "Ernest E. Gilbert" <barrister@lawref.com>; Date: Thu, 16 May 96 08:01:13 -0700; Moss has some real nifty yellow bands numbered 1 to 4 that were original on the A. Problem is they must go on before the caps so you can only use them if you are building the plug wires like on the A; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00606.html (8,836 bytes)
12. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 08:28:36 -0700 (PDT); Well, the Savage doesn't have three dead cylinders, etc. to drag along either. _My_ roommate had a two cylinder bike which would barely run on one after you had started it on two. It would not start; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00607.html (11,245 bytes)
13. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: JRoss123@aol.com; Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 12:31:51 -0400; Try a Fair Banks. 1 Cyl 4 Stroke magnito "hit and miss" ignition where it fired at random intervals. Quite a bizzare piece of machinery. John Ross; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00609.html (8,945 bytes)
14. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: Len Bugel <bugel@miranda.fnal.gov>; Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 11:52:09 +0000; In fact there were many manufacturers of these fine engines, including John Deere and McCormick. They are lots of fun! -len; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00610.html (8,726 bytes)
15. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe); Date: Thu, 16 May 96 11:10:04 PDT; Jim McDougal added: Hoping to make this situation more complex, _I_ once saw a Midget run on two cylinders with no spark! The owner wanted to increase compression but was too cheap to buy different p; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00612.html (9,448 bytes)
16. RE: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>; Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 14:24:47 -0400; Denise, I think maybe there was still a sparkplug in there someplace. A = diesel has a compression ratio of about 25:1. It would be impossible to = shave that amount of metal off of anything in the e; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00613.html (8,824 bytes)
17. RE: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: arm@unix.infoserve.net (Ross MacPherson); Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 11:41:54 -0700; the A. Problem is they must go on before the caps so you can only use them if you are building the plug wires like on the A and before, Another solution: Find your neighbourhood Industrial electrici; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00614.html (9,646 bytes)
18. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: "David M Culgan" <culgandm@ggdns.gg.dupont.com>; Date: Thu, 16 May 96 14:44:24 EDT; So much compression that it became a diesel, yet he was able to turn it over with his hands, wow! Hope I don't run into this guy in a bad mood. Dave Culgan MG1100; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00616.html (9,463 bytes)
19. Re: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: jurrasm@genesis.torrco.com (Mark Jurras); Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 14:19:28 -0400; I fact I have, in my barn next to the GT a 6HP @ 430 RPM 'hit and miss' single cylinder gas engine that says Jeager Machine Company on it. It was acutally made by Hercules in 1926. The company went; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00617.html (9,441 bytes)
20. RE: car runs on one cylinder (score: 1): Author: jurrasm@genesis.torrco.com (Mark Jurras); Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 14:56:14 -0400; Wes, My diesel has 22 to 1 compression and runs fine, on #2 fuel oil. You need much less compression pressure to ignite gasoline, especially 87 octane. I have seen high compression gasoline engines; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg00619.html (9,702 bytes)

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