ryanmlee78
New User
Hi All!
I can turn wrenches but I'm not much of a mechanic. I have a To-30. I've had it for about 5 years. It has had a "miss" in it for some time now, but it has always started and ran well, it was a little weak but it doesn't smoke (maybe a very small blue puff on start up) or backfire (never). You can hear a "tick tick tick tick..." while it is running. Recently I went on the hunt for the miss, I noticed I could pull the plug wire on #4 without changing the cadence of the engine. I do have spark on that plug. I stuck my finger in the spark plug hole and there is not enough compression to push my finger out of the hole (I know that isn't exactly a real compression test but the other cylinders will push my finger out in a hurry). So I pulled the valve cover and turned over the engine to make sure the valves moved - they do. I pulled the cylinder head and honestly the valves and cylinder look pretty good but I don't really know what to look for. Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Ryan
I can turn wrenches but I'm not much of a mechanic. I have a To-30. I've had it for about 5 years. It has had a "miss" in it for some time now, but it has always started and ran well, it was a little weak but it doesn't smoke (maybe a very small blue puff on start up) or backfire (never). You can hear a "tick tick tick tick..." while it is running. Recently I went on the hunt for the miss, I noticed I could pull the plug wire on #4 without changing the cadence of the engine. I do have spark on that plug. I stuck my finger in the spark plug hole and there is not enough compression to push my finger out of the hole (I know that isn't exactly a real compression test but the other cylinders will push my finger out in a hurry). So I pulled the valve cover and turned over the engine to make sure the valves moved - they do. I pulled the cylinder head and honestly the valves and cylinder look pretty good but I don't really know what to look for. Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Ryan