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Hogluvr
Posted on Monday, November 07, 2005 - 07:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Anyone have any ideas where to start?? Fired up my '98 S1 for a short putt to heat up the motor & change the oil for winter storage, didn't seem to be running right, took her around the block. It had about as much power as my wife's Blast, got back home, shut her down, felt the cylinders, back one was barely lukewarm. I guess I'll start by swapping plugs, if that doesn't work a compression test, but beyond that not sure what to look for. Anyone have any ideas as far as a logical sequence to diagnosing the problem?
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Henrik
Posted on Monday, November 07, 2005 - 08:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Since it's a waste spark system (it is, isn't it?), the coil should be fine. I'd suspect spark plug and plug wire. I've had the connector inside the spark plug boot break off on an old wire.

Let's know what you find.

Henrik
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Blake
Posted on Monday, November 07, 2005 - 10:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What Henrik said. c ontent If I keep this up I may never be wrong again. : D

Poor compression or lead-down would not prevent the cylinder from firing.
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Firemanjim
Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 09:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Or just plain old fouled the plug.Did you start it with the choke on? Did that early on a couple of times in my HD experience.
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Hogluvr
Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 07:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks for the input guys. The culprit: a defective plug! I remember bitching at the dealer when I had to buy TWO plugs for my wife's Blast (all I gots is a two-pack o them thar thangs), turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Thanks again, now if I could only get this friggin' gas cap off!!
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Henrik
Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 08:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Glad it was as easy as that. And thanks for posting the solution.

Henrik
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Blake
Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 10:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What Henrik said. c ontent
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