cawking

Hi over a year ago my wife was driving our prelude and the check engine light started flashing. The engine had a really bad misfire but still ran. Just so everyone knows I'm no expert on cars but love to learn and figure things out. Anyways after a little checking it seems to me like cylinder #3 is dead. When its running I've pulled the plug and nothing changes. Also did a compression test and that cylinder had 0 compression. After getting to that point I just parked it and we got a different car. We don't need the prelude because we both have vehicles. I bought the car when I was 19, am 32 now, it had 79k on it when I got it now has 280k. I'm in no rush but I'm looking for a project. Any tips on where to start.

snobordboy

Pull the engine, tear it down and find out what is dead on cylinder 3. Probably a piston with broken ringlands. Depending on the year and model, probably easier to just buy a jdm engine and swap it, especially if you have the complete drivetrain in the car to match parts as needed.

holmesnmanny

You could leakdown test it and see if it's just a valve. Then you only have to pull the head and replace the valve.