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28616, What do these Compression Test results mean???? Posted by Turbo420A, Aug-09-02 08:11 AM
I had my compression tested on a 98 420A w/ 74K and it read: 185 185 175 200 DRY and then after that, we tested the lowest cyl (175) on a wet test and it went all the way to 245!! What does this mean?? Thanks fellas!!
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28617, RE: What do these Compression Test results mean???? Posted by DarkOne, Aug-09-02 08:30 AM
Your compression is fine. 175 is not a horribly low number.
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28618, RE: What do these Compression Test results mean???? Posted by Turbo420A, Aug-09-02 09:18 AM
I agree with you that 175 is not a horribly low number, and I wouldn't have been that concerned if all the cyl's were right around 175 but there's more than a 10-15 psi diff between cyl 3 and 4 and that's what i'm worried about, and the fact that the wet test had a 70 psi difference from the dry. What does this mean?
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28619, RE: What do these Compression Test results mean???? Posted by DarkOne, Aug-09-02 09:30 AM
wet tests increase compression numbers. If it increases a bad cylinder, does it not stand to reason it would increase a good cylinder?
However, with a number that high (a 70psi jump) i think the test is faulty, or the initial test was incorrect.
10-15psi difference is of no consequence. As long as it is not 10-15% higher or lower, i would not worry.
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28620, RE: What do these Compression Test results mean???? Posted by Turbo420A, Aug-09-02 09:34 AM
Thanks for the help man, I have another question though, Like 1 day after this compression test I threw a Rod Bearing in Cyl #4, Is this going to be related to my compression in any way? Such as you said that the test could have been faulty, Can i redo the compression test now that i have a thrown rod bearing and still get accurate numbers? Thanks!
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28621, RE: What do these Compression Test results mean???? Posted by DarkOne, Aug-09-02 10:06 AM
If you've spun a rod bearing, i wouldn't turn the motor over at all until you get the damage repaired, lest you bugger it up even more.
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28622, RE: What do these Compression Test results mean???? Posted by Kirby, Aug-09-02 05:02 PM
Nice pull Dino I havn't heard the phrase "bugger" in quite a while.:thumbsup
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