Where is cylinder #3 - 1996 Ford Taurus

Misfire cylinder 3 and injector fault cylinder 2

Firing order is correct, (1, 3, 4, 2). Cylinders are numbered as 1, 2, 3, 4. Number One cylinder is nearest the belts and pulleys and number 4 is nearest the transmission/gearbox end. Stand in front of the car and face the rear of the vehicle. Cylinder 1 is to your left and Cylinder 4 is to your right.

Try a new plug wire on cyl 3 if that doesn't fix it you could have a bad valve or compression problem on cyl 3 Try doing a compression test also If it has injectors for each cylinder you could have a bad injector for cylinder number 3

This is an ignition error. that could one of several things wrong. since it is noted in Bank 1 it is a problem with the right side of the engine Cylinders 1, 3 or 5. located under the intake manifold (close to the firewall)
Other causes:
1. Fouled plug (cylinders 1, 3 or 5)
2. Bad ignition Coil (cylinders 1, 3 or 5)
3. Wire fault to Coils (cylinders 1, 3 or 5)
4. Fault with the O2 sensors (Right side bank 1)

1. Start by checking /changing the plugs. You have to remove the intake manifold to get to plugs (cylinders 1, 3 or 5). if the mileage is high and they have not been changed, then its probably due.
2. Inspect the coil wires for cracks or faults.
3. Swapping the coils cylinders 2, 4 & 6 for cylinders 1, 3 & 5. if the fault changes to bank 2 then you have a bad coil on 2, 4 or 6.

Hi there:

Cylinders (front to rear) -
Left bank 1-3-5-7
Right bank 2-4-6-8

(right side coil pack)
Position 1=cylinder 6
Position 2=cylinder 4
Position 3=cylinder 7
Position 4=cylinder 1
(Left side coil pack)
Position 1=cylinder 3
Position 2=cylinder 5
Position 3=cylinder 8
Position 4=cylinder 2





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CYLINDER 3 MISFIRING. MEANS NOT FIRING .CYLINDER 3 IS MISSING FIRE.COULD BE FAULTY OR DIRTY FUEL INJECTOR.YOU COULD HAVE BAD SPARK PLUG OR COIL AND WIRE.CLEAN FUEL INJECTORS CHANGE PLUGS AND COIL TO NUMBER 3 CYLINDER .WHEN YOU DO A LITTLE TUNE UP.THAT WAY YOU WILL KNOW IF YOU HAVE A MECHANICAL PROBLEM TO 3 CYLINDER LIKE LOW COMPRESSION.LEAKING INTAKE AT 3 CYLINDER OR BURNED OUT VALVE.

FIRING ORDER 3.8L ENGINE IS 1 6 5 4 3 2 1 NOW CYLINDER POSITION.STANDING IN FRONT OF VECHICLE FRONT CYLINDERS LEFT TO RIGHT 6 4 2 BACK CYLINDERS LEFT TO RIGHT 5 3 1 FOR THE 3.1L ENGINE FIRING ORDER IS 1 2 3 4 5 6 STANDING FRONT ENGINE FACING DISTRIBUTOR LEFT CYLINDERS FACING YOU 6 4 2 ON THE RIGHT SIDE CYLINDERS 5 3 1

For the 1994 VW Golf:
I do not know if you have the 1.8L SOHC In-Line 4-Cylinder or the 2.0L SOHC In-Line 4-Cylinder; however I have included both below:

For the 1.8L SOHC In-Line 4-Cylinder
Firing Order:
1-3-4-2
Cylinders:
..........(back).........
|...1....2....3....4...|
..........(front)
Distributor:
...(back)
(+)....1
...2.........3
........4...(+)-screw

For the 2.0L SOHC In-Line 4-Cylinder:
Firing Order:
1-3-4-2
Cylinders:
..........(back)..........
|...1....2....3....4...|
.........(front)
Distributor:
......(back)
.....2.......1
(+)............(+)-screws
.....4.......3
......(front)

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Firing order 1-2-3-4-5-6 ------- front | 1 3 5 | of | | vehicle | 2 4 6 | ------- distributorless ignition NOTE THIS IS FOR THE 3.6L

Coil "D" should be Cylinder #4
Coil "A" = Cylinder #1
Coil "B" = Cylinder #2
Coil "C" = Cylinder #3.
Coil "D" = Cylinder #4
Coil "E" = Cylinder #5
Coil "F" = Cylinder #6
Coil "G" = Cylinder #7
Coil "H" = Cylinder #8

Firing Order for 6.0L
1-8-7-2-6-5-4-3
Cylinders:
(back of vehicle)
8----------7
6----------5
4----------3
2----------1
Ignition Coils are adjacent to the corresponding Cylinder

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