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Old 07-06-2009, 05:16 PM
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Default Re: one cylinder running colder than the rest.....

If there are other problems, such as a miss, exhuast smoke, ??? then you may have a problem, but 100 degrees does not sound like much to me. The reason I say this, the amount of fuel or lack of it each cylinder receives affects the temp, which means for all cylinders to be the same temp, the carb/intake would have to be suppling the same amount to all cylinders, which is is ideal, but nearly impossible, especially at idle.

Besides fuel, the other thing that can easily affect temps is valve settings.


We check temps, but are looking for a "cold" pipe, which means a cylinder is not firing. As long as they are all heating up, and no other problems, good to go.
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