Re: '85 300zx Non-Turbo: Low Compression in #1 Cylinder
by still just me <wheeledBobNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jan 18, 2008 at 07:41 PM
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:32:29 -0800 (PST), BB <bbcolo22@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>The
>"wet" and "dry" compression tests yielded similar numbers, so... what
>does that mean? Does that mean that the rings are OK and it has some
>kind of valve problem? I wonder if the timing belt broke for the
>prior owner (can't that do valve damage?).
The wet test should seal the rings... to you have an upper end leak.
If it was a bad head gasket, you'd likely have problems in two
adjacent cyl's. Probably valves.