cylinder 4 misfire..

[sleepyalero]

Yup I'm dealing with that right now. I've Never delt with a misfire before so this is new to me.

I have new plugs and wires. Ses light came on last night and I had Autozone scan it today before work. I asked the Guy if that could be the cause of my acceleration problem (refer to rpm driving issue thread)

Any ideas on how to fix this?

[Lucalare]

Check the spark, you may have gotten a faulty plug.

[sleepyalero]

How would I check it

[Lucalare]

Find the wire that goes to cylinder number 4 on the coil pack, and unplug. Have someone hold it away from any metal for you, or if you have some vacuum tube cut off about 2 inches, and hook it on the wire and the post on the coil pack. Start the car, and use a test light or something to ground the vacuum tube. It should arc across to the test light across about half an inch. If you don't have vacuum tube, start the car then approach the wire to the terminal. It should arc at about half an inch.

Edit: if this is too confusing google "power balance test"

[sleepyalero]

Thank you I will try that here in a couple mins and let you know.

[clutch1]

The rocker arms love to pull out of the block or break.. that's a pretty good possibility.

Run a compression test on it and if it's questionable pull the valve cover quick.

Also like they said.. spark tester on the wire, and pull the plug to make sure that's OK.