Hey guys, this may get a little involved - and I have checked the normal things....shorter version of a long short: picked up a 2000 Accord EX 4 cyl, running like crap....thinking plugs/wires maybe a dist cap and rotor. So, got it halfway home and it is running even worse, so I left it a Kroger close to home. Went back today....pulled the plugs....I knew I had issues when cyl 3 plug (1 being closest to the dizzy -- is this right?), looked like my pic and the other plugs were normal. Cyl 4 (closest to the TB) also looked a little oily but not too bad. Anyway, swapped injectors (3 and 4 to 1 and 2), injectors appear to be ok. So, I went to plug the harness for injector 2 into injector 3, and the harness for 1 into 2, and it seemed like 3 would still not fire. Anyway, to make a LONG story short seems like cyl 3 and 4 are not firing. I have spark, I think the injectors are good, and I think the harnesses have power.

I plan on checking the timing tomo

I find it real hard to believe that I have two dead cylinders on an Accord with only 150,000 miles that does not look beat. The guy it just started running like crap when he was driving home.....

Any suggestion would be super

thanks guys!

 

Have a compression tester?

Pop the dist cap off and inspect the cap and rotor contacts.

BTW - #1 is on the belt end of the engine, then simply count (assume you are looking at the engine from the front bumper) right to left. #4 would be the one by the dist.