Cylinders 2,3 Dead ... b20v Eg
01-27-2016, 03:23 PM
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Cylinders 2,3 Dead ... b20v Eg
How is everyone... straight to business 
. This past sunday exactly one day after the major snow storm, I try to start my car and it wont start. I open the hood to find the engine bay full of snow. I have a open air filter pipe so I thought maybe some snow got into the motor. Changed spark plugs, wires checked distributor cap and rotor, rotor has some discoloration still nothing. I check the timing and it was complete off so i put everything to what seemed to be top dead center. The car started and sounded like a harley. Cylinder 2,3 are not firing at all. I pull of the wires and check for spark the color is Orange , not blue or white. I have not pulled out the plugs to check if they are getting spark but i assume they were since they are brand new. I did how ever flood the motor so I put a cap full of automatic transmission fluid to wash out the cylinder walls... All the grounds are tighten and cleaned/dried. Im thinking maybe the timing is still off? At idle it will pop pop backfire then die. barely running and if so only cylinder 4 and 1 are running. any Ideas?
. This past sunday exactly one day after the major snow storm, I try to start my car and it wont start. I open the hood to find the engine bay full of snow. I have a open air filter pipe so I thought maybe some snow got into the motor. Changed spark plugs, wires checked distributor cap and rotor, rotor has some discoloration still nothing. I check the timing and it was complete off so i put everything to what seemed to be top dead center. The car started and sounded like a harley. Cylinder 2,3 are not firing at all. I pull of the wires and check for spark the color is Orange , not blue or white. I have not pulled out the plugs to check if they are getting spark but i assume they were since they are brand new. I did how ever flood the motor so I put a cap full of automatic transmission fluid to wash out the cylinder walls... All the grounds are tighten and cleaned/dried. Im thinking maybe the timing is still off? At idle it will pop pop backfire then die. barely running and if so only cylinder 4 and 1 are running. any Ideas?
01-27-2016, 03:52 PM
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Re: Cylinders 2,3 Dead ... b20v Eg
You need to stop. You're making stupid assumptions that are going to do more damage, and some of your diagnostic "tests" will also do more harm than good. How exactly did your engine bay get full of snow? That makes no sense. I don't know why you're trying to "wash" your cylinders - washed cylinders means no more ring seal, which is a bad thing. Why is your timing "complete off"? Was the car not running before the snowstorm? Timing doesn't just magically go "complete off" unless you did something to it.
Start off by replacing your cap, rotor, wires, and plugs. Cap and rotor with OEM (not "OEM type", not parts store ****, actual, from the dealership OEM) and plugs and wires with NGK. Do a compression test. Come back to us with the numbers.
Start off by replacing your cap, rotor, wires, and plugs. Cap and rotor with OEM (not "OEM type", not parts store ****, actual, from the dealership OEM) and plugs and wires with NGK. Do a compression test. Come back to us with the numbers.
01-27-2016, 07:20 PM
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Re: Cylinders 2,3 Dead ... b20v Eg
How is everyone... straight to business . This past sunday exactly one day after the major snow storm, I try to start my car and it wont start. I open the hood to find the engine bay full of snow. I have a open air filter pipe so I thought maybe some snow got into the motor.
I check the timing and it was complete off so i put everything to what seemed to be top dead center. The car started and sounded like a harley. Cylinder 2,3 are not firing at all. I pull of the wires and check for spark the color is Orange , not blue or white.
I have not pulled out the plugs to check if they are getting spark but i assume they were since they are brand new.
I did how ever flood the motor so I put a cap full of automatic transmission fluid to wash out the cylinder walls...
All the grounds are tighten and cleaned/dried. I'm thinking maybe the timing is still off?any Ideas?
. This past sunday exactly one day after the major snow storm, I try to start my car and it wont start. I open the hood to find the engine bay full of snow. I have a open air filter pipe so I thought maybe some snow got into the motor. I check the timing and it was complete off so i put everything to what seemed to be top dead center. The car started and sounded like a harley. Cylinder 2,3 are not firing at all. I pull of the wires and check for spark the color is Orange , not blue or white.
I have not pulled out the plugs to check if they are getting spark but i assume they were since they are brand new.
I did how ever flood the motor so I put a cap full of automatic transmission fluid to wash out the cylinder walls...
All the grounds are tighten and cleaned/dried. I'm thinking maybe the timing is still off?any Ideas?
2.) How did your engine timing magically get off due to snow-not possible unless it was mal-adjusted beforehand. As far as "seemed TDC" there are marks and a standard procedure for doing that you know. Not getting #1 to TDC properly can do more harm to the engine than good.
3.) Do NARC's tuneup list
4.) WHY?! WHY?! You are aware that on a modern OBD2 car the computer will purge a flooded motor automatically right? Good luck getting that stuff out
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