Missing on one cylinder

stinkypaul · Post by **stinkypaul** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 1:00 am

I'm currently back to square one.
After finding the distributor wiring in a bad way. Same thing blew my previous engine up, so attempted to fix that, except the new parts I bought were knackered, so rather than mess about further and lose more hair, I got a new, complete distributor.
It's running exactly the same (not right).
So tomorrow or the weekend I'll take a look at the injector.

Post by **Vtecmec** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:57 am

Swap the injector to another cylinder, also look at the fuel filter (partial blockage) and the fuel regulator, particularly vac lines as they regulate the pressure.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 11:19 am

Where abouts are you located, Paul?

stinkypaul · Post by **stinkypaul** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 8:43 pm

Wakefield

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:18 am

Ah, fair distance!
If you were local I was going to offer to help investigate.

stinkypaul · Post by **stinkypaul** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 1:31 pm

Thank you, I appreciate your offer. I'll keep at it when I have time.

Today I've checked the timing belt in case it has skipped a tooth but that's fine.

I've also cleaned the pcv valve, it was gunky but it's not that.

I guess next to check will be:
Injectors
iacv
fitv
egr
vac leaks

Scott560 · Post by **Scott560** » Sat Jun 20, 2020 3:07 pm

I'm leaning towards injector, that's the only thing left related to cyl 1, all the rest are generic or would affect all.

Post by **vanzep** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:26 pm

Paul i have a set of good condition 5th gen vtec injectors and the fuel rail but i dont have a 5th gen to look after anymore so they are surplus. if you think these would be of use in tracking down the issue then let me know and i can look them out and get them sent off to you midweek. Just cover postage.

stinkypaul · Post by **stinkypaul** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:40 pm

Vanzep, thank you very much I really appreciate the offer. As luck would have it, I have a spare set.

Good news is, after swapping the injectors around and replacing the one on number 1 for one of my spares, the problem seems to have gone.

I'll take it for a drive later, but it runs and revs fine now, so I think that's cracked it.

Post by **Vtecmec** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:45 pm