Compression

[pbureau@attbi.com (pbureau@attbi.com)]

thanks for the update, I was guessing from the back of 
my mind (which can be fuzzy at times hehehe)

good call on the cam lobe,. forgot those.
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ATS - Patrick Bureau
1985 8v Euro GTX 3A/JH Project
1988 16v Euro GT Project
> Patrick-
>   Bentley says Max delta is 44psi.
> You are still right; "tired (just more so), but not dead"
> 
> William-
>   Worn rings, worn cylinders, worn/burnt valves and/or seats, bad head gasket, 
> cracked head, worn cam lobe (VERY WORN!), can cause low cylinder pressure. (You  
> didn't forget to hold the throttle open on that one cylinder, did 
> you?)Lessee...anything else someone can add?
> 
> Larry  sandiego16V
> 
>   well the highest compression being 190 and the lowest compression being 150, 
> the differential tbetween those two is only 40 psi, I beleive the max 
> differential is 48 psi, so its tired, but not dead, a bearing job and a ring job 
> (piston cleaning bore of chambers, would be sufficient to bring that all back to 
> good compression and give it another 150K miles of life, until a full rebuild is 
> done to it!
>    
>   but then again that is my and only mine opinion.
>    
>   Patrick (the humble one)
>     I know theres been allot of these questions on the list, but I haven't been > able to catch them since I've been moving into my new house this past week.  I 
> just ran a compression check and here is what I got. it's in order from 1 to 4: 
> 150, 170, 170, 190.  This is on a 88' 16v with about 200k +/- maybe 10k at the 
> most.  Is this what I should be seeing or can anyone deduce anything else from 
> this.  The car feels strong when she's running so I'm not sure what to make of 
> it other then maybe worn rings.  Any help would be appreciated.
>      
>     William
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