[DeTomaso] Causes for cylinder cutting out?

Art Stephens artstephens at verizon.net
Wed Jun 2 15:13:48 EDT 2010


Charlie,
If it was me,  I would pull a plug wire one at a time with the engine 
idling.  When you pull a wire that is firing,  you should be able to detect 
a slight drop in idle speed.  If you have one that makes no change in the 
idle speed,  you have found the cylinder with no fire.  Wear gloves to help 
prevent shock.  If you get a shock,  you know that cylinder has fire.  :-))

Art



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:04 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Causes for cylinder cutting out?


> Hi all,
>
>
>
> Questions:
>
> 1)       How can I tell if my engine is only running on 7 cylinders?
>
> 2)       What are the causes for a cylinder cutting out? If it comes and
> goes, then I expect it is electrical. A wiped cam lobe wouldn't disappear
> and reappear, for example. Worn plugs? Improper gap? Loose spark plug 
> wire?
> What else?
>
> 3)       How can I check for each of the causes in item (2)?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
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>
>
> Charles McCall
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