[T3] running on 2 cylinders

["Garret Trask" <garret_trask@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>I drove my car over to my friend's house today, and noticed that the car had 
very little power.  As I shifted into 2nd gear, the car was very slow to 
accelerate, and if I tried to go up a hill it would eventually slow down to 
the point where I'd have to shift down into 1st gear.

I had the heat on, and I reached back behind my seat to feel the air coming 
into the rear footwell from the left heat exchanger.  The air was very cold. 
 I reached over to the right side footwell and found warm air coming into 
that footwell.

So I guess both cylinders on the left side are not firing.  When  I got 
home, I did a compression test on the #3 and #4 cylinders.  #3 is getting 
about 100 pounds, and #4 is getting slightly less than 90 pounds.

I'm thinking the left side carberator is not delivering fuel to the #3 and 
#4 cylinders.  Does this seem like a reasonable theory?  Can you suggest any 
tests that will confirm this theory?

Gary

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