Why is my car only firing 3 pistons?

HUNTERBROUILLETTE

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2001 ISUZU RODEO
100,000 MILES

Only 3 of the six pistons are firing and I replaced the plugs and it worked for a day and now it doesn't work again

Monday, September 17th, 2012 AT 10:32 PM

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ASEMASTER6371

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Start with a compression test to verify the motor is good.

Roy

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Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 AT 12:57 AM

KHLOW2008

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Which 3 are working? Any trouble codes? Any repairs done prior to this occurring?

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Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 AT 9:40 AM

HUNTERBROUILLETTE

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The pistons on the driver aren't working. And I forget the exact codes but it said that there were random misfires. And I had to replace the engine in the car recently.

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Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 AT 10:19 AM

KHLOW2008

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You mean this happened after replacement of engine?
Apart from misfiring codes, are there any others?

The compression suggested would tell us something.
If replacing the spark plugs worked for a while, it could be the injectors or cam timing etc.

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Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 AT 10:23 AM

HUNTERBROUILLETTE

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Yes it occurred after I had replaced it. And I don't recall there being any others but ill perform another check to be sure. And I reset the timing and made sure that it was perfect a few times because I had thought that that was the problem