RE: dropping a cylinder

["Nick Koleszar" <nick@domain.elided>]

Thanks Nick, I will try to have a look soon. Yes, I have my suspicions also
about an exhaust valve. I would like to do a cylinder leakage test but
nobody in the UK seems to know about this and I have not been able to find
the kit to borrow or hire. I don't wan't to spend #80 for something I will
likely only use the once.

I was also going to check the clearances, hoping that perhaps that's the
simple and cheap to fix cause.

nk
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>
> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:04:34 -0800
> From: "Wm. Nick Leppert" <nleppert@domain.elided>
> Subject: dropping a cylinder
>
> re: V8 #337 rough idle
> Nick, my first thought is a cracked exhaust valve. When open the exhaust
> valves are visible through the spark plug holes, and can be rotated with a
> screwdriver (remember to be gentle on the spark plug hole threads with the
> shaft of the screwdriver). Usually the valve will lose a chunk,
> but sometimes
> they hang in there for a while with just a crack. I would also check the
> cap/rotor, wires and plugs, and after that the valve clearances if things
> still aren't making sense. On a Spica car there would also be the
> bad injector
> possibility....My money is on cylinder #3. Good luck, Nick

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