WTF???
#12
A compression test does not determine a bad head gasket. A leak down test will tell you if you have a blown head gasket. When you performed a compression test, did you crank the engine over three time and then got your reading?
#13
not true my friend, blow between cylinders = adjacent cylinders will be lower than the rest also if it blows near a coolant passage =remove radiator cap and watch the level rise or see air bubbles, leakdown test is for locating where loss of compression is = valves, rings ect ect
#15
What are your guy's thoughts as far as the thinning cheap oil just squeezing by the seal during load?
#16
What are your guy's thoughts as far as the thinning cheap oil just squeezing by the seal during load?
could there be anything dripping on the downpipe? i know in my SHO my crank seal is bad and it dripps oil onto the cat causing it to smoke after driving it for a little while. where abouts is your downpipe located?
what brand turbo do you have?
Last edited by nacanitihs; 08-26-2010 at 02:34 PM.
#17
with my limited turbo experience, i have never seen shaft play, not even a minute amount. so if it moves, my bet is that its on its way out. i've heard nothing but bad reviews from On3 in the long run results.
have you checked you coolant? are you still running pcv, breather, evac?? your car can still run hard with a turbo even with a blown head gasket or really bad blow by cause you're ramming air down the throat of your motor.
does your oil smell like gas? i bet you're having some fuel leakdown into your oil.
have you checked you coolant? are you still running pcv, breather, evac?? your car can still run hard with a turbo even with a blown head gasket or really bad blow by cause you're ramming air down the throat of your motor.
does your oil smell like gas? i bet you're having some fuel leakdown into your oil.
#18
not true my friend, blow between cylinders = adjacent cylinders will be lower than the rest also if it blows near a coolant passage =remove radiator cap and watch the level rise or see air bubbles, leakdown test is for locating where loss of compression is = valves, rings ect ect
#19
I understand what your saying and like I said two adjacent cylinders with low compression due to a burnt firing ring can be determined with only a compression test, in such a scenerio all a leakdown would verify is yup we have leakage, now I have used the tester to just pump a cylinder up to watch coolant level rise..... I have case after case of such, just did a 94 mustang with such , I don't often need to go any further when searching for blown head gaskets. do it however you want but a skilled tech can form an accurate diagnosis on a head gasket with only a compression test often depending on where it is blown, firing ring in the thin area = low compression adjacent cylinder, blow elsewhere, you can pump air in the cylinder or crank the motor over and use compression to watch the coolant level rise...case point on that, my 81 jetta diesel..when it popped the head gasket, all I had to do was crank the motor over on a cold motor and watch the level rise quickly.. to each his own
Last edited by mjr46; 08-26-2010 at 05:58 PM.
#20
I get what you're saying. I am not a tech, but I learned from auto class with a good teacher. I'm always willing to learn. Techs have been there and done that, so like any experienced technician, they would know tricks here and there.