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53 Cavalier

Re: Manifold colour & gaskets

#51

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TxGoat wrote:
If the engine will run with near zero compression on one cylinder due to a piston/ring issue, it should be puffing at the oil filler cap.

I initially thought the same, and the lack of that puffing made me think that maybe I did have a valve issue. But that "puffing" isn't apparent because of the road draft tube. I plugged it for my leak down test.

Posted on: Yesterday 16:54

53 Cavalier

Re: Manifold colour & gaskets

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TxGoat wrote:
Ah... that clarifies it. Mickey Mouse has somehow become trapped in your crankcase.

I need larger mouse traps!

Posted on: Yesterday 16:57

Pgh Ultramatic

Re: Manifold colour & gaskets

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53 Cavalier wrote:
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Pgh Ultramatic wrote:
Put 1 tbsp of engine oil a cylinder. Then after maybe 20 seconds or something compression test it again and let's see those numbers.

If they are essentially the same as before then you have valve issues.

If they are significantly improved then you have ring issues.

I did that right after my initial compression test, and then pressured up each cylinder to confirm.

1-90/96
2-89/120
3-76/90
4-9/16
5-78/88
6-45/55
7-65/89
8-86/96

Definitely looks like a valve issue on the problematic ones. For some of the others that give a large difference, I would attribute that to cylinder wear.

Posted on: Yesterday 17:38

TxGoat

Re: Manifold colour & gaskets

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Did you ream out any ridge at the top of each bore? Replace each piston in the same bore it ran in?

Posted on: Yesterday 20:28

53 Cavalier

Re: Manifold colour & gaskets

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Yes, all pistons back in the hole they came out of.

No ridge at the top of the cylinder. Someone had been in the engine before me, I suspect probably back in the 80's before it was parked.

Posted on: Yesterday 20:39

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