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Old 02-16-2013, 06:21 PM
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cylder 1 misfire, replaced dizzy, plugs, wires, injector off of my old motor from my wrecked ek ;( that engine is in much better shape compared to my current one both motors are d16y8, went to check timming the tensioner was loose witch lead me to belive I might have bought a car with bent valves great! retnsioned timming belt and triple checked timming, the marks were lined up, still missing checked compression (dry) 90-110 psi on all four cyl. after 4-5 pumps (engine has 200000 miles) im stumped I even went as far as swapping the ecu wich had no codes koeoff mil stayed lit with new ecu???? I forgot my pocket scanner at work ,, have I forgot to do anything?

I am planning on swapping motors but im worried about having a posiblle wiring harness issue
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I hope you did those tests correctly because you either have issues with the valves or the engine is due for some freshening. MINIMUM healthy compression is 135psi each.
Old 02-16-2013, 07:55 PM
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is your compression staying at that psi or will it leak an drop after a min and

also is your plug wires in right order might have 2 or all wires mixed an thought its the right order

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ignition is correct valve core is in compression tester so it wont leak.... correct me if im wrong but in order to loose pressure correctly tdc would be nessesary and I have yet to do a leak down test with a leak down tester I think it may be an injector problem switched the old injector back,, ran a lil better but still missses my buddys comin over with a solus tomarow hes has scope too

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I've seen a damaged intake manifold gasket lead to misfire symptoms and CEL code. You can spray water around the gasket to see if it starts to choke
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Reset the ECU, and then run the engine or drive the car. Then jump the service connector to pull the CEL codes. Post them.
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it was a fuel misfire. seafomed fuel, induction system, and crankcase motor purrrrrrrss I over thought this one way too much thanks for the input!
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May have been a plugged injector. Seafoam usually breaks a lot of crap loose. You may want to change out your fuel filter here shortly...
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