Re: Coil problem Running on 5 Cylinders

[Bernie & Diana Bennett <bennetts@domain.elided>]

Eric:

Thanks for the explanation.  I will avoid further driving!

Bernie

estorhok wrote:

> Bernie,
> Thanks.  I thought it was cool to get the award- I just hope that it helps
> more people enter more events.
>
> > Oh yes, with regard to running on 5 cyl.  It does ok, a bit rough and
> > unbalanced feeling and I have left the fuel injector disconnected as I
> > said.  I guess you missed that part of my long post!
>
> I did see the comments about disconnecting the injector.  Doing that isn't
> as bad as leaving the injector connected, but it will still cause damage.
> As the fresh air goes by the O2 sensor, it will throw off the "average"
> reading of the exhaust, to the point where it will make all the other cyl
> run rich, and there will be enough residual unburnt HC's to make
> combustion...  In many OBDII systems, when it sees a dead miss like yours,
> it turns off the injector- just like you did- but it then leans out all the
> other ones so that the cat isn't damaged.
>
> This is also assuming that your cat is still good, so....
>
> Eric

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