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Missing on one cylinder

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:23 am
by rwcoop
I have a suby engine in a jet boat and its doing something really strange. I started her up for the first time the other day and its missing on one of the cylinders.
Bloody weird coz theres spark there and the injector is working coz i stuck my ear against it and could hear it ticking, but when u take the spark plug out its dry as. (Not getting fuel??)
I changed the injector anyway and still the same.
I put another engine in and still the bloody same although i dud reuse the old inlet manifold.
Im guessing its from when it was wired up something was done wrong, but just seems strange that i can hear the injector ticking. Any suggestions.
And yes it does have compression

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:53 pm
by Legacy777
Have you tried unplugging the injector while the engine is running? Does how the engine run change at all?

Like you said...I'd suspect you've got a wiring problem.

Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:32 pm
by rwcoop
yeah thats how i picked the prob up. when i unplug that cylinder, theres no change. but when i unplug the others it drops that cylinder.
Cheers for the queery