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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 04:15 PM
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Ok so I was driving and I don't know exactly how to explain it other then my car started bogging and i drove straight home(on my way anyway and only went about 2 miles) got there shut it off and was under the hood made sure all my plug wires were secured and fired it up again pulled the first plug out(one closed to the distributor) and immediate change in how the motor was running which I expected pulled the next one and nothing still ran just as poorly as it did with it connected plugs three and four changed the way the motor was running as well so that's good I guess I pulled the spark plug out of the second cylinder and it looked fouled so I replaced it still no change so my question is could it be just a bad valve I don't have a lot of money to take it to a shop as a whole and am hoping I can just swap the head or take the head in to be worked on I just wanna go about it the right way thanks for any advice
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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 04:21 PM
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It could always be the cap and rotor.
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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 04:41 PM
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I haven't taken them off to check but only because I had just replaced them
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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 04:54 PM
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Just pulled cap and rotor still look brand new damn it that would have been easy
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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 08:58 PM
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It's not often it's one of the middle cylinders that goes bad when you have a leaking head gasket. It could be something else. Do a compression test to make sure it's the cylinder that's bad.

Also, second cylinder from the distributor is the number 3 cylinder. You count starting from the timing belt side, not from the distributor side.
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Old Oct 1, 2013 | 01:19 PM
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Oh my bad number three then haha I'm gonna do a compression test today
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Old Oct 1, 2013 | 02:27 PM
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Compression test shows 130-125-0-135 and a wet test didn't change number three at all
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you can do a leakdown test now to find out what the fault is
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Old Oct 1, 2013 | 07:24 PM
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Ok so airs rushing out of my exhaust so exhaust valves stuck open right? Thanks for any input
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Old Oct 1, 2013 | 08:49 PM
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Ok so airs rushing out of my exhaust so exhaust valves stuck open right? Thanks for any input
Your valve is broken, has to be if there's no compression in one cylinder all alone like that.
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Old Oct 1, 2013 | 10:15 PM
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Ok good well kinda lol
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