I have a 94 NC Fairlane 5L V8. It blew a head gasket the other day.
Before I took the engine out I did a compression test and all
cylinders bar one were 950Kpa. I forgot to add oil in a second test
> So I'm now wondering if I need new rings? The engine ran perfectly
> till the head gasket blew.
When doing compression tests, the important point is not the reading of all
the cylinders, but any major variance between them which would indicate a
problem with one or more cylinders.
Cranking pressures can vary by a considerable margin compared to "factory"
specs depending on things like the equipment used during the test, how you
actually do it and the temperature of the engine at the time. Suffice to
say, if your engine was running fine before it blew a head gasket I wouldn't
be concerned by low readings.
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Regards,
Noddy.
Car_Lover - 03 Aug 2005 01:02 GMT
>> So I'm now wondering if I need new rings? The engine ran perfectly
>> till the head gasket blew.
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>say, if your engine was running fine before it blew a head gasket I wouldn't
>be concerned by low readings.
Thanks Noddy. The ring gap was towards the high end of the acceptable.
Manual says 0.25 to 0.50mm and mine were 0.40, so I'm changing them
and the bearings.
Cheers
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