Low idle miss

Tiny
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  • 1996 DODGE STRATUS
  • 175,000 MILES
My dodge stratus has a low idle and miss on cyindler two. I've changed wires and plugs and cleaned thottle body. Getting good fire on all plugs but when I pull plug wire for cyindler two very little change in idle pull any other big change. Same thing with injecters so I swapped injecter two and four around to see if it was bad injecter but miss stayed in cyindler two ! Now I'm at loss what can be my problem?
Sunday, January 29th, 2012 AT 8:38 AM

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Tiny
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Do a compression test.
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Sunday, January 29th, 2012 AT 8:47 AM
Tiny
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What the next step if bad compression
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Sunday, January 29th, 2012 AT 8:53 AM
Tiny
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Prove if valve gasket or ring problem, if low, proberbly will be valves or blown gasket between cylinders, if so head off.
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Sunday, January 29th, 2012 AT 8:56 AM
Tiny
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Did a compression test : cylinder 1 190 cylinder 2 108 cylinder 3. 130 and 4 was 190. So what's the next step and how much would be a fair donation for your time and knowledge?
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 AT 7:28 AM
Tiny
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Do a wet test, that is squirt a small amount of oil into the low cylinder and re test, the oil will seal the rings temporarily. If the comp remains low it will be a valve if it jumps considerably it will be rings, as for a donation, what ever you want, I think that many donate around the $5.00 mark, I don't get involved in that part, I just help people.
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 AT 9:25 AM

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