Cylinder one misfire?

Tiny
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I have a misfire code for cylinder one. And when I crank the car, it runs okay for not even a minute then starts revving up and down but yeah, it runs bad cause of the misfire and when I unplug a fuel injector. It’ bogs down but when I unplug the one for. Cylinder one. Nothing happens.
Sunday, June 16th, 2024 AT 9:27 PM

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Tiny
TY ANDERSON
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There are a number of components that can cause a misfire.
If you unplug the injector on cylinder one and nothing changes could mean there's an issue with the fuel injector but could mean there are several other issues too.
I would usually start with the easiest checks first. Check cylinder 1 coil for spark. Carefully place a screwdriver into the coil boot and have someone crank the engine over to check for spark. You'll need someone to help you with this and place the screw driver close to a metal part on the engine to watch for spark. If there isn't any spark you'll have to check the coil circuit with a test light or volt meter to make sure the coil is getting what is needs to function.
You could move cylinder 1 coil to cylinder 2 and also move cylinder 1 spark plug to cylinder 3 to see if the misfire moves to another cylinder. If it doesn't then that means there's either a wiring issue or a engine mechanical failure in that one cylinder.
If you have spark you'll have to check for compression in cylinder one. Most big franchise auto parts suppliers will loan you the compression gauge tool for free. You should have compression in the 120-130psi or higher range. If cylinder 1 is lower than the other cylinders then there is a mechanical problem with the engine valves or piston rings.

If compression is good. The next steps would be to check the fuel injector or wiring if everything else checks out.
I have seen that Hondas have a history of ignition coil failures.

Hope this helps and let us know the outcome of what you find.
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Monday, June 17th, 2024 AT 7:24 AM
Tiny
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I have done all that change the spark plugs to cool pack the injectors, the valve cover gasket all the air intake gaskets the PCV valve all the vacuum lines the air intake sensor. I think the car my transmission went out and I replaced the motor in the transmission with the motor. I replaced it with it sat out for about a year and about three months the valve cover wasn’t on there all the way, I cleaned everything out really good. Seafoamed it change the oil twice change injectors, and I crank it up and it still has the misfire and ribs up and down for the compression on all cylinders was at 150 sorry if this is rope crazy, I’m using text to voice to text and I’m at work. Thank you for your time.
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Monday, June 17th, 2024 AT 10:30 PM
Tiny
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There are many things that each cylinder needs to function properly.
You need spark, spark timing, Proper amount of fuel, good compression, enough air getting inside the engine and good timing.
What I was trying direct you to was to find out what it's not by moving parts around to see if there was a change or if nothing happened at all or in other words process of elimination.

Here are a couple of videos to watch to about misfire diagnosis. They use fairly basic tools to do this.

https://youtu.be/KevJNoaywHc?si=zI_w5YifFLtgKPVN

https://youtu.be/UJap80YG_Yc?si=vYIFeL7CJ8XgmnFj

Let us know the what you find.
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Wednesday, June 19th, 2024 AT 7:25 AM
Tiny
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2004 Honda accord transmission went out so I replaced the transmission motor for another car motor has been sitting about a year and an for 4 months and vavle cover just sitting on it I cleaned the motor out really good I replaced all the air intake gaskets cleaned the throttle body the idle control the pcv I think that’s the name of it bear with me a lot of the vacuum lines the spark plugs the coil packs the injectors spark plugs were only thing brand new an the gaskets cleaned the injectors replaced the plugs to the injectors seafoamed it changed the oil an the mass air flow sensor. An when I crank the car it seems to run fine for not even a min then starts reving up an down an had a cyclinder misfire I can mess with the wire an right up under where the tube goes into the breather box an it will start running different an also when I unplug all the injectors it boggs down but not when I unplug the cyclinser one one it does nothing also when I run codes misfire cyc one an knock sensor. An heater Circuit. Pops up an an on my phone it said something about adjust valves sorry about my spelling hope u can understand thanks for ur time
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Tuesday, June 25th, 2024 AT 11:39 AM (Merged)
Tiny
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Yep, the first thing I would do is remove the spark plugs and do a compression test, this guide can help us, that way we know if the engine is in good shape or not.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression

Please go over this guide and get back to us.
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Tuesday, June 25th, 2024 AT 11:41 AM

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