# Bad cylinder

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/bad-cylinder/101728>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** civic, honda\
**Created:** [March 19, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bad-cylinder/101728 "2017-03-19T00:35:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![truebluetarheel2012](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e4f/32.png) [@truebluetarheel2012](https://community.cartalk.com/u/truebluetarheel2012)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bad-cylinder/101728/1 "2017-03-19T00:35:57Z")

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What do I do about a dead cylinder

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**Author:** ![anon86613489](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@anon86613489](https://community.cartalk.com/u/anon86613489)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bad-cylinder/101728/2 "2017-03-19T00:43:01Z")

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> [@truebluetarheel2012](#):
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> What do I do about a dead cylinder

You fix it. On these -73 model Civics, many things can go wrong. Come on, You need to give us a little more information.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bad-cylinder/101728/3 "2017-03-19T00:55:38Z")

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Now that’s a pretty general question 🙂 … lol … hmmm … well one thing is certain, it’s dead for a reason, so you are most likely looking at

- no spark
- no gas
- no compression

First thing a shop would do is a visual check for a spark at the spark plug during cranking.

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bad-cylinder/101728/4 "2017-03-19T01:44:36Z")

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Define dead. Lack of compression is the most serious of the lot.

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**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bad-cylinder/101728/5 "2017-03-19T09:37:58Z")

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If it is just a “bad” cylinder you punish it, maybe with a restriction of some kind or no dessert for a week. But if it is truely a “dead” cylinder, you bury it, be sure you check your local laws on graves and burials.