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Old May 15, 2003 | 03:33 PM
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Dead Cylinder

I have recently baught my 94 Z28 and am new to this forum so please forgive any ignorance.

I have done some searching around but thaught it would be better if I posted my particular problem.

I was getting the from what I see usuall 1 - 2k miss/stumble/hesitation but then ran very strong through the rest of the RPMs

so I changed the wires. nothing

cleaned the MAF - nothing

changed the MAP sensor - nothing

pulled the vacuum on the egr and plugged the solenoid- nothing

Then after driving the car most of the morning I get back into the car and start it and it has this terrible miss..kinda like a dead cylinder. out of no where. Tremendous loss of power. so then

Changed the spark plugs - nothing

unplugged the MAF so it would use the default table - nothing

checked fuel pressure - OK

any one have any suggestions. I would hate to buy an Opti and still have the problem
Old May 15, 2003 | 03:55 PM
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Also I do not get an SES light
Old May 15, 2003 | 08:33 PM
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If you are missing in one cylinder, you need to find out which one. An easy way to do this is to unplug injectors one at a time and listen for the one that doesn't change the idle. Once you've identified the missing cylinder, you can try to troubleshoot that one.

A shot in the dark: check to see if a spark plug has backed out. I had one do that a while ago.
Old May 15, 2003 | 09:35 PM
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I tried that...the problem with that is sometimes you wil get a difference in idle...then on that same injector..you won't get a difference...kinda weird...
Old May 15, 2003 | 10:50 PM
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sounds like a classic opti stumble.
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