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12-08-2019, 03:02 PM | #1 |
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Compression test and Vacuum test readings need help
Can you help decipher what the numbers are saying, and what would you do?
I have a 6.1 head, bcarb, intake bored. I forgot to put oil in the cylinders after each cylinder test, throttle is wide open, engine is warmed up. Compression test. 1:100 2: 90 3: 70 4: 70 Vacuum test: Idle 20. At idle the needle bounces quickly between 20 and 22. High RPM 18 Needle is always steady throughout the test, except at idle When I let increase throttle quickly it drops to 0 then goes to 25, then back to 20. Last edited by old31; 12-08-2019 at 05:12 PM. |
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12-08-2019, 10:39 PM | #3 |
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12-09-2019, 11:26 AM | #4 |
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Re: Compression test and Vacuum test readings need help
3 and 4 being lower could mean the head gasket is leaking between the two. Try re-torquing the head first, may need a new gasket? A leak-down test would be more conclusive. If that is the problem, it could also cause the vacuum readings you have.
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12-09-2019, 11:31 AM | #5 |
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Re: Compression test and Vacuum test readings need help
I would check compression on cylinders 3 and 4 with oil squirted in cylinder bore,if compression comes up an appreciable amount could be scored cylinder or rings.If there is very little difference possibly worn valve guides,tappet clearance or valves not seating,could also be head gasket between 3 and 4.process of elimination.
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12-09-2019, 11:54 PM | #7 |
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The head was retoruqed before the test, both hot and cold.
I will redo the test and squirt oil in the cylinders and report back. |
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With oil number 1.90 number 2.90 number 3. 75 number 4. 70 No oil. 100, 90,70, 70. What does that tell you? |
12-10-2019, 10:02 AM | #9 |
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Tells you that whatever's causing the disparity in compression numbers between 1/2 and 3/4, it ain't the piston rings.
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12-10-2019, 11:10 AM | #10 |
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Re: Compression test and Vacuum test readings need help
A leak down test will tell you exactly what is going on!! Air coming from carb=intake valve, air coming from exhaust = exhaust valve, air leaking from oil fill= rings, air leaking into an adjacent cylinder= head gasket. If you don't have a leak down gauge I 'am sure a local auto parts store would loan or rent you one.
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12-10-2019, 11:53 AM | #11 |
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To my knowledge none of the national auto parts chains stock loaner leak-down kits, but you can get one at HF for $30.
Edit: Never mind, apparently the kit is discontinued and I couldn't find a local store that still had one. Now is the time to get this kit if you want it and can find it. Last edited by alexiskai; 12-10-2019 at 12:01 PM. |
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It is undoubtedly valves. You can just force compressed air into the spark plug hole and listen for where the air leaks out, likely into the exhaust pipe.
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12-10-2019, 02:10 PM | #14 |
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The first time I became aware of leak down testing I was a teenager. I will never forget, a aircraft mechanic was performing it and I was about to walk into the propeller arch when the propeller spun, OMG it would have made hamburger of me. We had along talk after that, with only 60 psi that he was putting into the cylinder I asked what if I could hold it " being young dumb and strong" he answered no way! No way to put it in gear and choke the wheels like in a model A.
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If your compression tester is the kind with a flexable hose and the check valve is at the spark plug end and the gauge can come off you'r in business. Rig up some fittings to put a male air hose fitting where the gauge was and regulate the PSI down to 35 and the rest a matter of getting the hole to be tested up to dead center on the firing stroke. Have the throttle open to hear intake leaks and the oil filler cap off for exhaust leaks.
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