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Old 11-26-2004, 12:04 AM
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a cylinder down

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i have a 94 GXE and i think one of my cylinders are down but im sure..how can i diagnose this and what can i do if it is down...?
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Old 11-26-2004, 05:30 AM
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pull the plug wires off one at a time (reconnect it after each cylinder) listen for to see if any cylinder DOESN"T change the way the car is running.
one you've found that, you know which cylinder is bad.
then your options are:
Fuel injector
Plug
Wire
Distributor Cap
Usually it's the first one.
The others are regular maintenance items any ways, so replace if not done within the last year.
I sell all of the above mentioned parts
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Old 11-27-2004, 12:21 PM
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yea i did that and one of them is not working i replaced my conductors and i replaced my distributor cap and yea i guess its my injectors......now is it better to change just the one that isnt working or should i just do all of them................. thanks
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Originally Posted by 94_sin_city_max
yea i did that and one of them is not working i replaced my conductors and i replaced my distributor cap and yea i guess its my injectors......now is it better to change just the one that isnt working or should i just do all of them................. thanks
You can try to check the ohms on that injector it should ohm at 11 to 14 ohms. Just connect to the two wires on the injector plug to the ohm meter
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Old 11-27-2004, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 94_sin_city_max
yea i did that and one of them is not working i replaced my conductors and i replaced my distributor cap and yea i guess its my injectors......now is it better to change just the one that isnt working or should i just do all of them................. thanks
if you are doing it yourself, it's no big deal to do them one at a time.
if you are paying someone else to do them, then I highly recommend doing them all at once if you can afford it.

I sell injectors
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Old 11-28-2004, 12:05 AM
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hey
yea im going to do it myself and i bought the injectors at a local autozone for $120..!!
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oh well you overpayed
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well i got it within 2 days so its cool
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Old 12-02-2004, 03:51 PM
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2 days is little faster than you would have gotten it from me, I'm about 3 days to you
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