Date:         Sat, 4 Nov 2000 20:20:45 MST
Reply-To:     d t <tinkerman@USA.NET>
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From:         d t <tinkerman@USA.NET>
Subject:      Re: [RE: Which cylinder isn't firing??]
Comments: To: Antaki <wrack@home.com>
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"Antaki" <wrack@home.com> wrote:
> The easy one first - I *always* put anti-sieze on my spark plug threads.
<SNIP>

Thanks for the tip. It seems many do.

> As for troubleshooting the "lazy" cylinder, another method is to remove the
> electrical connector to the fuel injector, while the engine is off (don't
> want to kill the ECU), 


Why kill the ECU? is it because the inductive kickback in the injector could
cause a voltage spike that could kill the electronic driver within the ECU?

>one at a time. This will keep unburnt fuel from
> nukeing the catalytic convertor.

No catalytic convertor on my DigiJet system, but good tip.


Cheers,
            T-man


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