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Re: Engine Identification

Post by Beardy89 » Sun May 31, 2015 2:01 pm

Ok so finally got round to buying a compression tester and doing a compression test. Results below.
Measured in PSI.
WIDE open throttle.


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After some further testing it appears as though my budget compression tester underreads by around 60psi.

Meaning my results are:
1 = 160psi
2 = 160psi
3 = 150psi
4 = 160psi

From what i've read this is ok for an engine with around 80,000miles on it.

Where to go next?
TPS?
Exhaust leak?
Lambda?
ECU?

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Re: Engine Identification

Post by Rhinoman » Sun May 31, 2015 8:44 pm

A leak from the exhaust manifold will throw the O2 sensor reading off and cause it to run rich, that is well worth investigating, a new O2 sensor would be a good investment too.
How did you determine that your compression tester was out by 60psi?
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Re: Engine Identification

Post by Beardy89 » Sun May 31, 2015 9:23 pm

Rhinoman wrote:A leak from the exhaust manifold will throw the O2 sensor reading off and cause it to run rich, that is well worth investigating, a new O2 sensor would be a good investment too.
How did you determine that your compression tester was out by 60psi?

Rhino. I used my air compressor with a high quality pressure gauge. Connected both gauges to the compressor and ran it up through various pressures.

I will order a new lambda sensor. Would a leak from the exhaust manifold cause issues like this?
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Re: Engine Identification

Post by donkeychomp » Sun May 31, 2015 10:31 pm

160 is low but ok, my 410 engine is 175 on all 4. And it's done a lot more miles!
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Re: Engine Identification

Post by Beardy89 » Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:54 pm

Changed lambda tonight. Seemed to make a slight improvement.

Think the next step is to seal the exhaust leak from manifold. And to peform the TPS test and adjustment.

After that I am out of ideas.

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