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mr.booie
03-22-2009, 06:29 PM
YES I SEARCHED! my single cam is running on 3. no power. i have to use half throttle to go up my driveway. it just started it about 5 days ago. today i found out that it was my #3 cylinder that is giving me trouble. the spark plug was fouled. i cleaned it and it ran perfect for like 20 seconds. the spark plugs are new NGKs. i just put them in about 50 miles ago. so at this point im thinking its either my injector giving me trouble. or my valve seals. any ideas of what i should do?
Riken
03-23-2009, 08:26 AM
do a compression test man. If ones bad you blew a head gasket. How hard is that to search?
jspeedm
03-23-2009, 10:04 AM
do a compression test man. If ones bad you blew a head gasket. How hard is that to search?

wrong. it could be valve seats, bent valve, rings or hg. all of these would low comp. it could also just be the cap and rotor.

op, was the plug fouled again after 20 sec of running?
mr.booie
03-23-2009, 12:29 PM
wrong. it could be valve seats, bent valve, rings or hg. all of these would low comp. it could also just be the cap and rotor.

op, was the plug fouled again after 20 sec of running?


yes the plug was fouled again after 20 second of running. i took it out it was covered in gas and oil. i cleaned it off and it ran like a champ... for 20 seconds.
jspeedm
03-23-2009, 12:46 PM
how do the contacts on the cap and rotor look?
mr.booie
03-23-2009, 02:42 PM
the rotor, cap, wires, and plugs are brand new. i triple checked that stuff. made sure everything was tight.