1994 Buick Century Engine misfire

Tiny
KINGDINGDONG
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  • 1994 BUICK CENTURY
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 128,000 MILES
This car has been driven very little over the last year or so (probably under 2000 miles). When last driven, approx 3 months ago, it was firing on all 4 cylinders. Upon latest use it had an intermittent miss on probably one cylinder. I put a can of Heet in the gas and noticed little or no change. I also put in about five gallons of gas at that same time. I've driven most of the gas out of it now, so I changed the fuel filter (no improvement, and I observed no debris coming out of either end of old filter). I changed the spark plugs (the old ones looked like they had a million miles on them- slightly oiled and electrodes nearly eaten through). Miss consistently became worse and is now nearly constant. It will occasionally fire on all four under no load- very rare. I determined that cylinder #1 was culprit and changed that plug wire. Definitely gets white-hot spark, observed with plug removed and grounded. I'm guessing clogged or bad injector. How do I test, clean, or change that injector? I've run two bottles of Lucas fuel injector cleaner through at this point. I'm hesitant to provide my credit card info at this point, but I intend this car to be my 16 year old daughter's first beater car, and will absolutely compensate anyone (fairly) that genuinely helps me fix this thing. Thanks, Jace
Saturday, September 6th, 2008 AT 12:50 PM

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Tiny
RASMATAZ
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Check compression and injector on cyl. No.1

You need a digital volt/ohm meter to test the resistance on the injector. The resistance should be 11.6-12.4 ohms. Also check for power at the pink and black wire on the injector harness.
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008 AT 1:02 PM

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