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He is talking about listening for the engine rpm change as you remove the plug one at a time. It was an old trick to find out which was the bad cylinder without equipment. Some engines you will hear it better than others, some guys rely on the tach for the detection, the one that is not firing will have no effect on the sound or rpm.
Least that is what I believe he is talking about
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Just be careful you can zapped by the high voltage and knocked on your keester.
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I've touched the spark plug boot while the motor was running to make sure I had spark on all cyclinders. You can definetly get a good shock, its not like sticking a fork in the toasted but you can feel it for sure.
![]() Like you said before Blue, if they are all new plugs you should be able to tell if ones not firing just by pulling them and taking a look. |
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I'll be sure to pad my keester real good before said test.
Here is the latest question dancing in my head - what if I determine there is one cylinder not firing? What to do at that point?
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I would check for a bad plug wire first.
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Blue, i got all kinds of ideas rattlin around in my head about your problem.
Heres one that just came to mind. If the problem started right after you changed the plugs, its possible one plug is defective? Also, go pick up a cheap spark tester from the auto parts place. You connect it between the wire and the plug and will tell you if you have spark. They are cheap, I bought one at Harbor Freight for like $4.00. |
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WILLY had the right idea as to what I was getting at, except I would pull one plug wire off with it NOT running and then run it. This way you can pull the wires without turning into SPARKY. Only pull one wire at a time, but if you pull a wire off and you notice no change in the engines performance then you found the weak cylinder.
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