How To Perform A Power Balance Test

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As I said in the video I do get a lot of questions regarding engine performance, the power balance test is very helpful at nailing down an engine miss should you have one. I hope to cover the coil pack ignition systems at some point in the future as the opportunity presents itself, sorry I don't have it for you hear now but I will post it as soon as I get the opportunity. Thanks for watching.

Stay dirty

ETCG

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[Placer]

Dude below,just like to state you spelled diagno$i$ wrong. That's the proper way.

[EricTheCarGuy]

@Placer $ well spent though, better than throwing good over bad by just throwing parts at something.

[Faqurkowch]

Great Video! Diagnosis is KEY!

[EricTheCarGuy]

@Faqurkowch Indeed it is. Thanks for the comment.

[EricTheCarGuy]

@DriftingFWWA I looked into it once and they said I needed something called a 'bachelors degree', I didn't have one so I went back to fixing cars.

[EricTheCarGuy]

@anteeupz Seriously? Define 'hick' for me if you could because my vocabulary is lacking here as I don't see how 'smoking pot' and 'hick' go together, let alone how they would apply to me in this video so please enlighten me.

[Rhin0Neil]

How would someone do this if their car had a single coilpack that fits streight onto the plugs.?

[miguelito602]

sorry for my bad english i just want to know something. what is the fail when an injector is not working what can be the problem

[jdmef900]

Quick question. What if cancelling cylinders brings the idle down, by about the same amount on 3 of 4 cylinders, but much more when cancelling out 1 of the 4 cylinders? does it mean that one of the cylinders is working harder than the rest? could it be a timing issue?

[TheEsevee]

Great & quik way of diagnosing thanks eric!

[ferdiecassel1]

@EricTheCarGuy There is no shortage of oil or gas. It's manipulated price fixing. There are 60 years worth of oil reserves stored in the salt domes of Nevada and Utah. Off the Gulf Coast, where there were over 800 production wells in 1980, there are now less than 100. Those producing wells (1500 to 2000 barrels/ day) were capped and cemented as our government decided it was cheaper to buy foreign oil. Look at the situation now. Our economy and workforce is dead. The country's been duped again!

[Placer]

@Eric yep its definitely way better than guessing. s'why i was taught to spell diagnosis w dollar signs for the S's