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Put this cylinder out of its misery
My '03 Ford Focus (2L DOHC) has 275,000 miles on it, and compression in cylinder 4 is shot. I can often smell the unburned fuel coming out of it. Surprisingly, the engine still has enough power to meed my needs. Is there an easy way to shut off fuel to that cylinder? This engine is already running a little rough, and I don't expect that would get worse from shutting off a cylinder that's not burning its fuel anyway.
I'm not looking to do anything fancy, like reprogram the engine control chip. I'd just like to get about another 2 months' use out of this car, without smelling fuel.
My skill level is not very high. I'd be able to install a switch to disable the fuel injector, if I could find good instructions about how to locate that wire. Anything more, forget it.
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