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Cylinder 1 misfire

Tiny
BARNABUS PALMATIER
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  • 2000 TOYOTA CAMRY
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Cylinder misfire, plug shows black. Changed plug, engine performance hiccups when accelerates then kicks in. Is plug fouling from too rich or need cleaning?
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 AT 2:13 PM

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Tiny
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The blackened plug is fuel deposits. It can be either lack of spark or excessive fuel. That needs to be determined through testing.
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 AT 2:45 PM
Tiny
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The pressure at all four cylinders is 210. The plugs were all changed. Cylinder #2(fr left to right) had the fouled and (then?) Blackened plug. The stuttering, hiccuping but especially weakened to near stall with acceleration at hairpin or very sharp turns is apparently recreating the same outcome wherein the second cylinder does not or only barely fires.
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Thursday, June 9th, 2016 AT 12:09 PM
Tiny
KEN L
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Hey BARNABUS,

It sounds like you have a fuel injector that is stuck open or the spray pattern is bad, please remove the injector for testing, here are a couple guides that can help you

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-a-fuel-injector

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-a-fuel-injector

Let me know how it goes.

Best, Ken
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Saturday, June 11th, 2016 AT 1:58 PM
Tiny
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Will do. Using your info. Get back to you, Ken.
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Saturday, June 11th, 2016 AT 6:50 PM

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