 Anyone try this trick?, Detecting which cylinder has a miss |
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| pbanders |
 Jan 4 2010, 11:19 AM
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Saw a trick on "Motor Trend TV" the other day, I'm sure experienced mechanics know this one. To detect which cyclinder has a miss, you take a $30 infrared thermometer and aim it at each cylinder's exhaust manifold. The cold one is the cylinder with the miss. Obviously, not so easy to do on a 914 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif), but still a good trick. Add in a noid light and a neon spark feeler, and you can diagnose a miss problem pronto.
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pbanders Anyone try this trick? Jan 4 2010, 11:19 AM
Vacca Rabite Don't even need a IR thermometer.
Just reach ... Jan 4 2010, 11:26 AM ME733 :popcorn: another way for those of us without an ... Jan 4 2010, 11:28 AM charliew Both above very good techniques. At idle it's ... Jan 4 2010, 11:45 AM ClayPerrine Take a standard, ordinary 12v test light. Hook th... Jan 4 2010, 12:14 PM
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Take a standard, ordinary 12v test light. Hook t... Jan 4 2010, 01:57 PM
pbanders
Take a standard, ordinary 12v test light. Hook t... Jan 4 2010, 03:18 PM J P Stein I simply pull (& replace ) plug wires on a run... Jan 4 2010, 06:52 PM ME733
I simply pull (& replace ) plug wires on a ru... Jan 5 2010, 11:36 AM J P Stein
I simply pull (& replace ) plug wires on a r... Jan 5 2010, 12:12 PM 6freak
I simply pull (& replace ) plug wires on a r... Jan 5 2010, 01:37 PM ClayPerrine
...P.S you can detect bad wires in the dark ..pre... Jan 5 2010, 01:40 PM SLITS
...P.S you can detect bad wires in the dark ..pr... Jan 5 2010, 01:47 PM Sleepin
I am tall enough to do that.
But not much else... Jan 5 2010, 01:50 PM rick 918-S All good ideas, just don't use a chopstick to ... Jan 4 2010, 07:09 PM Rand
All good ideas, just don't use a chopstick to... Jan 4 2010, 07:42 PM championgt1
All good ideas, just don't use a chopstick to... Jan 4 2010, 11:16 PM Al Meredith I once used the heat gun method on a 4 cyl motorcy... Jan 4 2010, 07:21 PM Eric_Shea
Does it work on non-MFI cars? Jan 4 2010, 07:46 PM ClayPerrine
Does it work on non-MFI cars?
Yes. :stooges... Jan 4 2010, 10:50 PM 9146986 I use the same method as JP.
After tuning carbs... Jan 5 2010, 07:31 AM pbanders Pulling plug wires gets dead cylinders for sure. B... Jan 5 2010, 11:25 AM 9146986 Good point Murray! I ALWAYS use insulated pli... Jan 5 2010, 12:11 PM 6freak cause i dont want foot prints on it :stooges: Tha... Jan 5 2010, 01:51 PM Sleepin
cause i dont want foot prints on it :stooges: Th... Jan 5 2010, 01:54 PM 6freak no its not that big :beer2: :lol4: but shes not s... Jan 5 2010, 02:03 PM Sleepin No, I was going to say that it only took me 15 min... Jan 5 2010, 02:08 PM 6freak
No, I was going to say that it only took me 15 mi... Jan 5 2010, 03:31 PM ClayPerrine :stir: :stir: :stir: :stir: :stir: :stir: :s... Jan 5 2010, 03:35 PM  |
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