Compression Test Results?
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The cars been smoking quite abit and breathing heavy lately so first point of call was to clean the breathers, this made no differance. I also noticed a small mayo build up in the inside of the oil cap so I've done a compression test and this is what I found
Starting from cambelt side:
1 - 100psi
2 - 120psi
3 - 150psi
4 - 140psi
The car has a low comp bottom end with standard pistons and a cometic gasket, is it possible the gasket has failed? The car was rebuilt around 5k ago with a refeshed bottom end and new head etc so I'm abit confused as to how its failed so soon (if it has failed at all)
Any ideas chaps?
Starting from cambelt side:
1 - 100psi
2 - 120psi
3 - 150psi
4 - 140psi
The car has a low comp bottom end with standard pistons and a cometic gasket, is it possible the gasket has failed? The car was rebuilt around 5k ago with a refeshed bottom end and new head etc so I'm abit confused as to how its failed so soon (if it has failed at all)
Any ideas chaps?
have you done a wet and dry test....ie spray wd40 down the plughole before the second test,helps diagnose if rings are worn.
also tell us how you carried out the test. cheers
also tell us how you carried out the test. cheers
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I did the test dry with all plugs removed, throttle open and turned it over 5 maybe 6 times then took the reading. I'll go back to it tomorrow and try the wet testing method aswell!
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