hinds90

I just bought a 93 civic and some things wrong with the #1 cylinder. Anybody's help would be greatly appreciated.

hinds90

wires and spark plugs have been changed.

00TurboEX

injector?

hinds90

I talked to a mechanic yesterday and he said when you have this problem it's alot of trial and error. From the looks of it the cap on the distributor is new .


Could it be a bad valve.

hinds90

bump could it be a bad valve or anything else need this fixed asap

tallyturbo

i got some injectors i am willing to sell for 30+ shipping if you want to give them a try. there off a jdm b16a. have you done a compression test?

A.E Motoring

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do a compression test and go from there, instead of buying all kinds of **** and then it not being the problem.

Targa250R

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hinds90 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I talked to a mechanic yesterday and he said when you have this problem it's alot of trial and error.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Sounds like a shitty mechanic who doesn't know how to diagnose a problem and wants you to spend a lot of money.

Are you getting spark in that cylinder? Is the injector for that cylinder working? Have you done a compression test?

Slopoke

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Sounds like a shitty mechanic who doesn't know how to diagnose a problem and wants you to spend a lot of money.

Are you getting spark in that cylinder? Is the injector for that cylinder working? Have you done a compression test?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Exactly.
Should take very little time to diagnose.

.Ry

He isnt even trying to fix it himself. Listen an engine needs three basic things to work. Spark,Air,Fuel. Check each one of those very carefully.

hinds90

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turner7205 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">He isnt even trying to fix it himself. Listen an engine needs three basic things to work. Spark,Air,Fuel. Check each one of those very carefully. </TD></TR></TABLE>Sir I have been attempting to fix it myself (new plugs and wires) but I came on here to make sure I was touching on all the base if you know what I mean.

Just got done checking the injectors I don't think thats the problem the #1 injector works fine on #2.

If a cylinder dosen't have compression it can cause it to run shitty.

Also upon checking #1 spark plug it is all black if that helps anyone and the car also smokes pretty bad.

Slopoke

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hinds90 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sir I have been attempting to fix it myself (new plugs and wires) but I came on here to make sure I was touching on all the base if you know what I mean.

Just got done checking the injectors I don't think thats the problem the #1 injector works fine on #2.

If a cylinder dosen't have compression it can cause it to run shitty.

Also upon checking #1 spark plug it is all black if that helps anyone and the car also smokes pretty bad.
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You need to actually check for spark on cyl #1. Pull the plug, stick it into the end of the wire, ground it, and have someone crank the motor and see if the plug is firing.

Then do a quick compression check on #1. If its low, you can do a leakdown test to find out where the problem is(whether its the rings or valves).

Chong

80% sure it has something to do with the injectors, or the O-rings on the injectors, or fuel rail. Is #1 injector leaking in any way? Look for gas pools around the area.

hinds90

thanks for all of the help.

Chong

BTW, Does it sound like a subaru running on 3 cylinders? mine did.

EG93si

4 things: air, fuel, spark, compression