Today when I was at sears gauking at tools, I stumled upon an engine
compression test kit... It told me to buy it, so I did! :) It was only $50,
so I took it home, got out my FSM and decided to give it a try. It was
actually very simple....just remove all the plugs & air filter, disable the
fuel system & coil, insert the test guage into the plug socket, and turn the
engine over 3 times. Heres what I got....
cyl 1 - 180psi
cyl 2- 175psi
cyl 3- 180psi
cyl 4- 185psi
cyl 5- 185psi
cyl 6- 175psi
According to bernd I'm looking pretty good since all the cylinders are
within 10% of eachother. For the half an hour of work I think this is a
good way of telling if I still have life in my engine... especially with
163,000 miles :)
....just wanted to pass this along.
-- Gary Hedlin President Hedlin Web Designs http://www.hedlin.netGary's Wisdom- #216
-Don't Blame Me....I Voted for Nader!!!
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