overconsolidated@gmail.com wrote in news:ab23f681-77fd-4ffc-bb74-
47623e4e651c@s37g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

> '94 Accord Sedan LX 208k
>
> Yesterday while climbing a hill I felt a loss of power and suddenly a
> lot of shaking. Prior to this the car had run smoothly, but did smoke
> blue smoke at start up. Last night I changed out the plugs. Most had
> oil on them so I changed out the valve cover and plug gaskets. The
> smoke has since stopped, but cylinder #3 is not firing. The old plug
> was black, and the new one was black too after running for a minute. I
> know the wires are good, I didn't know better and tested the voltage
> with the engine running and I think I burned my multimeter out.
>
> I'm pretty sure compression in #3 is fine because I accidentally
> started the car without the plug in and it sounded like a really loud
> lawn mower or helicopter.



Check the compression anyway. I think you broke a ring.



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