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1988 3.2 Carrera, running on 5 cylinders
I finally got my car on the road! And its running on 5 cylinders. I made an appointment with my shop to look at it. Any quick and dirty guesses as to what it may be? Car is basically stock and was running increasingly rough before I put it away for the winter. I know this isn't much to go on but what the heck!
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06-13-2023, 05:13 PM
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Just watched a YT builder that had a similar issue after his entire build and turned out to be a loose sparkplug wire.
Ignition Air Gas Just have to make sure all three are getting to the cylinder. You could run the car and find the cylinder at fault by pulling a plugwire at a time then track down the above for the cylinder at fault. GL, keep us posted. |
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06-13-2023, 05:30 PM
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Take a tiny hammer and repeatedly tap on the injector related to the dead hole. Pull plug wires off one at a time to find the culprit. Might work if it's just a stuck injector after sitting a long time.
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06-13-2023, 05:48 PM
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When you find the dead cylinder, try swapping injectors to see if the problem follows the injector. If not, then try swapping spark plugs, and then wires.
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06-14-2023, 12:58 PM
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It was the plug wires. Three wires were replaced due to corrosion on the ends that attach to the plugs. The others looked brand new. They checked the compression while it was there and it was great.
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06-20-2023, 09:21 PM
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Congrats. And thanks for posting the resolution.
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06-20-2023, 09:27 PM
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