[volkswagon]

car problem~`````````````! my engine light came on so i took the car to the dealer had them check it out for me, u now what they told me what was causing my engine to turn on was that the idle was to low and i had to change my intake.....But then i decided to take it some where else to see what the tell me, at first he said the same thing the dealer said but when i went to see him he told me that one of my cylinder was dad the 4 one. how would u know if one of the cylinders are dad is there a different way to find out or how can i tell by how the car runs. is a 98 jetta gt!.........

[Modified by volkswagon, 6:34 PM 2-12-2002]


[Modified by volkswagon, 6:35 PM 2-12-2002]

 

[bajan01]

Re: engine (volkswagon)

Dead cylinder...do you mean no spark to the # 4 cylinder? If you suspect no spark then it's the spark plug or the wire. Pull the plug, hook it up to the wire and ground it (NOT with your hands). Then turn over the motor and look for spark at the plug electrodes. This tests the plug. If you see no spark then it's probably the wire. You can either switch wires and see if it sparks or re-install the plug, start the motor and pull the plug wire in question. Again you may need a special insulated wire pulling tool to minimize the risk of getting shocked. In any case, if the tone/RPM of the motor doesn't change when you pull the wire then the wire is bad. If you aren't getting spark to a cylinder for either of these reasons you should know it. The engine will run rough as you are basically pulling a cylinder along and the motor is off balance. This happened to a friend of mine's Toyota Corolla. I got the wire from a friend of mine (Dave George of Volksdoktor in Louisville KY) for next to nothing...Problem solved. Hope this helps. Good luck

[Modified by bajan01, 1:40 PM 2-12-2002]

 

[SoCo4Fun]

Re: engine (bajan01)

Or did he mean there isnt any compression???

 

[volkswagon]

Re: engine (SoCo4Fun)

he said it had low compression???? one of my freind told me that to find out if u have low compression, or if the cylinder is dad go to autozone, murray's and buy a compression tester that the sale. he said take the spark plug out and put the tester and they should read the same thing....!

 

[III]

Re: engine (volkswagon)

why did you choose the sn "volkswagon" ??
just outta curiousity...

 

[volkswagon]

Re: engine (4NRYDE)

what do u mean sn!...

 

[ShawnKay]

Re: engine (volkswagon)

quote:[HR][/HR]what do u mean sn!...

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