Re: what now?

["Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@prodigy.net>]

I would vote more for a burnt or bent valve.  Plus, with the wet test it
didn't go up enough to worry about rings.  First things first, take a half
an hour and pull the head and have a looksie unless you have a bore scope!!
Worst case scenerio is a burnt piston but kinda doubt it.  Where are you?
Good luck!!

Dave

P.S.  8v or 16v?  I got a spare 1.8 16v head!

> hey everyone.
>
> alright, so my car is off the road, and i'm
> working on getting the dirt rocco moving
> again. that's ANOTHER project all together.
> :)
>
> i did a compression test tonight and this
> is what i came up with...
>
> cyl no 1 - 160 psi
> cyl no 2 - 10 psi
> cyl no 3 - 180 psi
> cyl no 4 - 190 psi
>
> yikes. that no good for no.2.
>
> i did a wet test with that cylinder and it
> went up like 20 psi. what's that to tell me?
> the valve seals are no good? i think maybe a
> spring broke or something and a valve is stuck
> open.
>
> that seems like a bad head. i know usually if the numbers
> go up, that means the rings are bad, but it really didn't
> go up that much higher, which is leading me to think
> it's a bad head. i just wanna make sure because if i don't
> have to touch the bottom end, then i might as well just
> leave it. less work and less aggrivation.
>
> thanks
>
> paul
> 87' scirocco16v
>
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