by blocmi » Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:09 pm
I was wondering the same thing as I waited for a cylinder balance test to run its course recently. Although I can't confirm the entire sequence, number 8 being tested first is plausible given my experience recently. In my case it was #8 not firing due to the injector mysteriously being assigned to a disabled HEGO mid drive... I must have corrupted something at some point...
After running the test multiple times I would only count 7 rpm drops, and the first rpm drop took a substantial amount of time from test initiation, which lead me to believe #8 was being tested first.
After running the test 3 times I had enough time to ponder the question and deduce, it's a moot point... In the end, the computer is going to tell you what cylinder isn't pulling its weight, the test order is irrelevant... unless the first cylinder being tested is the dead hole and you don't want to wait thru 7 more cylinder tests for results, but there I go thinking again..