No compression trouble shooting
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No compression trouble shooting
Background:
Car was shaking in idle. Indy shop replaced plugs, distributor and wires. It's still shaking after parts replacements and the shop pointed to no compression on V8 cylinder #4. All other cylinders read 140.
Took to another dealer for diagnostic and dealer said car needs a new engine.
Car runs fine and no CEL but shakes violently in idle. Coolant reservoir showed low fluid but no leaks were found. Muddy sludges were found at the oil filling cap. Oil drained and no metal dust were found.
Question:
Assuming passenger side head gasket is blowed. Can it caused no compression on 1 cylinder? Should it be low and not zero compression?
Multiple issues and not just coolant leaks?
Car was shaking in idle. Indy shop replaced plugs, distributor and wires. It's still shaking after parts replacements and the shop pointed to no compression on V8 cylinder #4. All other cylinders read 140.
Took to another dealer for diagnostic and dealer said car needs a new engine.
Car runs fine and no CEL but shakes violently in idle. Coolant reservoir showed low fluid but no leaks were found. Muddy sludges were found at the oil filling cap. Oil drained and no metal dust were found.
Question:
Assuming passenger side head gasket is blowed. Can it caused no compression on 1 cylinder? Should it be low and not zero compression?
Multiple issues and not just coolant leaks?
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If I have suspicions that one ignition wire to the problem cylinder was disconnected and I removed the upper intake manifold and distributor already; would it be worthwhile to pull the head at this point?
What are the risks with pulling the head beside potential oil leaks from gasket replacements?
What are the risks with pulling the head beside potential oil leaks from gasket replacements?
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If it's not making any compression at all, you'll see the issue if it is a valve, and I don't know where else to look with the problem you posted. I bought at Lowes a small fiber optic, gave it to my son, cannot remember what the name of it was.
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Will I be able to see a burnt valve? The spark plug is supposed to be new and removing it will allow me to confirm whether it has been fired or not. In hindsight, I should have looking into the plug first and not just depends on people words. Lesson learned.
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I pulled the spark plugs. No compression plug is on the right. Plug from good cylinder is on the left. Any thing obvious?
Closer looks at the plug from no compression cylinder:
Also I need to mention that I can remove the plug from the no compression cylinder with bare hand. It wasn't torqued down at all.
Closer looks at the plug from no compression cylinder:
Also I need to mention that I can remove the plug from the no compression cylinder with bare hand. It wasn't torqued down at all.
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Here are a few images from the zero compression cylinder. I don't know what I'm looking at. Please let me know if needing more images
Last edited by V12TT; June 19th, 2017 at 11:49 PM.