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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Cars / January 2005

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96 Sentra... Changed head gasket, lost compression... why?

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Al Kondo - 18 Jan 2005 20:40 GMT
I have a 96 Nissan Sentra and I have been having overheating problems.
From my diagnosis, I determined that it was a blown head gasket.
After changing the head gasket and putting everything back together, I
can't get the car started.  I did a compression test and found that
the compression reads below 100 psi for all cylinders.   Prior to
changing the gasket, I checked the compression and they read between
130 and 140#.    

I should mention that I checked and double checked the timing of the
cam gears and the timing chain.   I checked against the shop manual
and it all checks out.   What else could I be doing wrong??  Please
help.

Al Kondo
JimV - 18 Jan 2005 23:39 GMT
> I have a 96 Nissan Sentra and I have been having overheating problems.
> From my diagnosis, I determined that it was a blown head gasket.
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> Al Kondo

You had the head checked to make sure it wasn't warped, right?
speedy - 21 Jan 2005 01:06 GMT
Get yourself a leakdown tester. Using it and some good hearing you can
see how much leakage each cylinder has, and hear where the leak is.

A valuable tool, well worth the $75- 100 spent.

-Pete

> I have a 96 Nissan Sentra and I have been having overheating problems.
> From my diagnosis, I determined that it was a blown head gasket.
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> Al Kondo
 
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