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Old 10-27-2008, 04:25 AM
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I get high 160's and low 170's when I do mine which is monthly.

90 is way too low. You have some blow rings on you hands. Time for a new motor or a rebuild.
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Old 10-27-2008, 04:27 AM
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yea i know... i compared mine(06 sw 46000 miles auto) to my roommates tc(05 rs1 w/ 47000 miles auto) and his were all 150ish
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you could take the plugs out and put a bit of oil down where the plugs go. May raise your compression a bit.
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Originally Posted by kikcaffine
you could take the plugs out and put a bit of oil down where the plugs go. May raise your compression a bit.
QTF!

it's worked before.
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Yea 90 sounds like more than just rings - maybe cracked ring landing or even a cracked piston. I know i have heavily worn rings in one of my cylinders due to a one time lean condition - funny how it only seemed to affect one cylinder - but this cylinder still shows a compression around 135-140. Maybe if the rings are ccompletely gone youd be aroudn 90 - dont know for sure as i havent been able to work with alot of tc's yet - but usually when youre 50% below spec than youre looking at piston damage rather than just rings - but thats just from my experience.
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yea im on the search for a new motor...
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Old 10-27-2008, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Complication
Originally Posted by kikcaffine
you could take the plugs out and put a bit of oil down where the plugs go. May raise your compression a bit.
QTF!

it's worked before.
Hell yeah it has, got a motor reading from 23 to over 100.
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well my motor is spurting oil out of the dipstick, breather, and pcv... and white smoke as well... so im SOL...
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