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• Re: compression testing... on the bench
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:16:19 -0800
  ...It is hard to get consistent results when cranking by hand. >>So, no, not really possible to check compression with meaningful results. >>Al Brase...
• Low compression in '83 1/2
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 May 1996 16:46:29 -0800
  ...One van that I'm looking at is an 83 1/2 Westfalia that has low (35 to 60 psi) compression in #1 and...
• Re: Compression test
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 May 1997 16:36:14 -0400 (EDT)
  Hotch, My compression values were almost identical to yours before I did the heads and rings recently. Now they're all around 180. If...
• Re: 1982 Air Cooled with compression 110, 110, 115, 115
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Tue, 1 May 2007 11:04:32 -0400
  I did a compression test on my 1982 air cooled van last week and got 141- 50 on cylinders 1,2, and 3 and...
• Re: 2L 914 into '81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:32:05 -0600
  ...Vanagon 2.0l (this could be British spec, not sure) compression - 7.4-1 intake valve - 39.3mm exaust valve - 33.0mm horsepower - not...
• Re: compression test
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 22:15:03 EST
  ...I have just done a preliminary compression test on my '90 Westy with 140K miles. >> At 140K you don't want to know what...
• Re: Check Compression: Warm or cold engine?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 12 May 2003 16:29:22 EDT
  ...03 3:04:26 PM, mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM writes: << Should I have the engine warm or cold when I check the compression?? >> Both. George
• Re: Compression? (PSI)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 18:39:35 -0400
  The problem with compression tests is that there are too many variables. Also, the throttle should be held open while cranking for max air...
• Re: 2.1 wbx Compression Test
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 4 May 2017 17:30:29 -0700
  ...I should add that as per previous posts I've made about this engine, after driven a while, the engine will blow compression gases...
• Re: Need help re Cylinder Leak Test
  Historical mailing list - Madeline Mullen/Ed Lowe
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 21:01:27 -0800
  In general Aviation this is known as the "differential compression test". It is important because it can show the condition of the engine and...
• doing a compression check
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:03:21 -0800
  I was planning on doing a compression check. I thought I might pull the lead to the fuel pump and run the van to...
• Big Lungs
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 08:44:21 EDT
  Sounds like the fellow with 225 compression per cyl. has one of dem hybrids ,half gas ,half diesel ) Quite a rare find !!!! He will...
• compression...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 19:55:19 -0700
  I just received a letter about an engine that has 220, 210, etc compressions in each cylinder. I thought they are supposed to be...
• Re: Compression Test
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:45:36 -0500
  okay you ready for my guess at why this has been the case on all the boxers i have done a compression test on...
• Re: Getting higher compression?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 16:46:33 -0500
  ...If your target is higher compression faster, them this could possibly be a solution. The general rules of break in oil is slow speeds...
• Re: compression testing... on the bench
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:53:04 -0500
  ...on the bench folks, i have a wasserboxer long block NOT IN A CAR which i'd like to check its compression. Has anybody...
• compression
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Wooten
  Tue, 3 Oct 2000 20:43:06 EDT
  well my compression is as follows 1 120 2 100 3 100 4 108 now what do I do.... burning a little oil to...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Will Walters
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 13:28:59 -0500
  Hello, Can anyone explain lost compression in the cylinders to me? How does lost compression in one cylinder result in a valve job? Is...
• compression testing... on the bench
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:15:20 -0800
  folks, i have a wasserboxer long block NOT IN A CAR which i'd like to check its compression. Has anybody bolted a bellhousing...
• Re: Compression? (PSI)
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:22:56 -0400
  ...Compression? (PSI) >> >>What is you're average engine compression? >> >>We all know that we wish we had around 150-180PSI...but! >>Most van i...
• Re: selecting a compression tester
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:01:04 -0500
  ...You could get a compression tester on loan from Autozone or Advanced Auto Parts, and test for general overall compression readings. This is done...
• Re: Compression tester question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:13:41 -0800
  ...On 11/16/07, David Kao <dtkao0205@yahoo.com> wrote: > Neil, my compression tester has a valve that will hold the > pressure in the...
• Compression Ratios
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jul 1995 15:02:23
  ...The compression is fixed at 8.0 : 1. They say I can run 85 octane gas with this setup, with the engine running cooly.
• Re: selecting a compression tester
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:33:41 -0500
  ...The last time I had a compression tester, both vehicles in the driveway had carbuerated slant-six engines. John On Fri, 2011-12-23...
• Re: Compression test - cold engine or warm engine?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Jun 2013 08:22:46 -0400
  ...Compression test - cold engine or warm engine? What is the consensus on taking a compression test? With the engine cold or warm? Todd '88...
• Re: compression testing... on the bench
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:51:37 -0800
  ...Mark Matthew wrote: >folks, i have a wasserboxer long block NOT IN A CAR >which i'd like to check its compression. Has anybody...
• Re: compression testing... on the bench
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:55:39 -0600
  ...It is hard to get consistent results when cranking by hand. >>>So, no, not really possible to check compression with meaningful results. >>>Al Brase...
• low compression in #1
  Historical mailing list - David E Most
  Fri, 10 May 1996 16:54:46 -0400
  Well, I've been on the road for 6 weeks, and I just did a compression check on cylinder #1. This check was prompted...
• Re: How to Test Compression in Out-of-Vehicle Engine?
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 09:39:57 -0700
  ...Insert compression guage. Open throttle all the way - floor acc. pedal. Crank engine for 15-20 sec. Take a reading. Repeat a couple of...
• Re: Instant horsepower (Pinwheel)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 7 May 2000 23:17:36 +0200
  ...Btw, all 1,9s had the same compression ratio, no matter what fuel configuration it had. The 2,1 was a bit different. See...
• Re: Pilot Bearing...Out!, Another Question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 95 8:11:20 MST
  ...On high compression engines there is a raised plateau on the piston crown on low compression (ie bus) engines there is a flat depression...
• Re: Is there a clever way to test your compression tester?
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Sun, 2 Jun 2013 11:27:24 -0400
  ...Is there a clever way to test your compression tester? I have an old (circa 1975) Sears engine compression tester, that seems to be...
• Re: What should 2.1 compression be?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:32:12 -0400
  ...On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > What should the compression be on a 2...
• Re: Engine shot? Odd compression readings
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 19 Sep 2001 08:24:38 -0600
  ...Best is to check compression first without oil. Then, if compression is low in some cylinders, squirt oil in them and recheck. If compression...
• low compression\rough cold idle-1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 12:49:05 -0800
  ...so i did a compression test this afternoon, numbers in firing order (1,4,3,2)130,150,140,140...bently is saying 145...
• Re: selecting a compression tester
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:48:45 -0600
  ...I still have my old aircraft engine compression tester from my aviation days. Works. Tells me what I want to know, exactly as you...
• Re: Vanagon? Really?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:24:38 -0500
  At 10:45 PM 11/19/2011, Dennis Haynes wrote... >As Gasoline engines go to >direct injection and dual mode, (spark ignition to compression...
• Compression Question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 12:01:08 -0700
  ...would I be safe in assuming that a 2.1 WBX Engine with the following compression readings is in need of a rebuild? 1...
• Re: How do you check compression?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:27:17 -0700
  ...I believe a cylinder with excellent compression will give you highest reading on the 4th stroke. A cylinder not in optimal compression will require...
• Re: (compression problems)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 16:01:42 EST
  ...How to test to see which is causing the compression loss is fairly simple. Put a tea spoon of oil into the combustion chamber...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Push Rods. Make Sure They're Seated! Was: 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 19 May 2017 17:58:05 -0700
  ...I did a compression test before I started the work. I loath to think what the compression will be now! On 5/19/17...
• How to do compression test--85 vanagon? (and EGR valve)
  Historical mailing list - David O. Bradshaw
  Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:18:08 -0400 (EDT)
  Listers, Could someone write up for the list how to do a compression test, for someone whose never done it before!?!? Also, where is...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:17:22 -0600
  This has nothing to do with engine compression but I have noticed that if the air conditioner is turned on while decending a long...
• Re: compression
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 17:25:31 -1000
  >> > >> > >Here's the problem, just checked the compression today: >> > > >> > >1 100psi >> > >2 100psi >> > >3 150psi >> > >4 155psi >> > > >> > >My book says that the min is...
• Re: M-Codes/Hi Compression engines?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 16:11:17 -0400
  ...Did we all get these low octane low compression pistons as standard for some reason? I have always wondered how the euro wassers put...
• Re: Normal Compression Readings?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 00:26:21 -0400
  > What kind of compression readings should I expect to find in an '86-91 > Vanagon. 125# (+) is good depending on the mileage. Get a...
• Re: New head replacement, bad gas mileage...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:39:12 -0500
  That's great compression! Take one cup of MMO every morning and call me if compression goes below 90 PSI cold. Stan Wilder Engine...
• Re: Compression Test
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 14:46:57 -0400
  ...I've always been told that a cold compression test was worthless. Bill
• Compression test
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:50:10 -0400
  I just checked compression of the cylinders and got: 145psi - Cyl 1 158psi - Cyl 2 135psi - Cyl 3 158psi - Cyl 4 It is a...
• Re: Interpretting Compression Values- 88GL?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 19:07:43 -0400
  Compression tests can be very misleading and having good compression is not always signs of a healthy engine with lots of life left. The...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:20:33 -0500
  ...Bob, I followed your procedure and >it seems to have worked very well (I have not done a compression test yet). I defer to...
• Re: New lifter Valve clearance
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 31 May 2005 10:08:06 -0400
  ...Same compression at all setting!!! 1/2, 1 and 2 turn. But, am talking about old lifters here. Cheers, Ben http://www.benplace.com...
• Re: What's considered good compression?
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 15 May 2002 16:53:58 -0400
  ...What's considered good compression? Hi, Still looking for a 88-91 camper, A/T. Was wondering: was looking at a van with following...
• Compression? (PSI)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 10:04:13 -0400
  What is you're average engine compression? We all know that we wish we had around 150-180PSI...but! Most van i do are...
• Re: Check Compression: Warm or cold engine?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 12 May 2003 13:37:29 -0700
  ...So before you do a hot compression check, add thread anti seize to the plug threads, run the engine till it gets hot and...
• Re: compression ratios for '87 WBX
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 13:30:40 -0700
  ...The owner has gone > over the plugs/wires, distributor cap/rotor, O2 sender, and compression. > Timing has not been checked yet. Compression was 120...
• actual numerical readings off Compression test?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:50:01 -0700
  ...how does a fellow or a gal determine the compression ratio of a motor? I've been thinking to take a reading with my...
• Re: Is this the cause of my engine compression problem?
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:10:24 -0700
  Low compression on new P/L's, one thing to check is the Deck height of the pistons in the cylinders. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick...
• Re: Odd Compression Readings
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Thu, 6 May 2004 22:03:41 EDT
  There is nothing unusual about low compression on 1or more cylinders at the high milage quoted // to run a leak down or air check...
• Re: How do you check compression?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:21:58 +0000
  Or you could use a compression gauge with a hold feature that automagically will keep the needle at the highest reading until released. (with...