What does a miss sound like?

Chinewalker

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Re: What does a miss sound like?

It sounds like...<br />BrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrBLIKrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrBLIKrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...<br />Or something like that. Use your imagination.<br /><br />A miss is generally an intermittent problem with the ignition - a sudden, quick burble in the normal operation of the motor. It can be rapid fire or only occur once or twice during a cruise. Can be a failing plug, bad ground, failing brainbox, worn stator, etc. Bottom line is that they can be a real pain to diagnose...<br />- Scott
 

SCO

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Re: What does a miss sound like?

you can often find a missing cylinder by unpluging spark plugs(shut down engine first then restart). When there is no change in the sound you have found your missing cylinder.
 
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