[s-cars] Re: lean burn on cylinder #5

[CyberPoet]

The intake valve & related might be bad, in such a way that it's not
opening the appropriate amount/time. Less likely, but possible.

Cheers!
=-= Marc Glasgow

On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 08:00 AM,
s-car-list-request at audifans.com wrote:

> Hi,
> Serviced my car over the weekend and found that the No 5 spark plug was
> snow white while the rest looked normal. We run leaded fuel in Africa.
> My guess is either a faulty injector (not so bad) or leaking exhaust
> valve (very bad). I am sending the car for a compression test today.
> Any other possible causes for a lean cylinder?
> (1994 S4 manual, 187,000km)
> Cheers,
>
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