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Pragmatic Dreamer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Illinois
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Compression Test - Leakdown test or both?
If they do a compression test on a car, and the numbers all fall within 7% of each other (within the guidelines that Wayne has set in his book of 15%), is there any reason to do a leakdown test?
Does a leakdown test do more than tell you where a particular cylinder is leaking? Rings, intake valves or exhaust valves? On the car I am looking at, the compression runs from 140 psi to 152 psi. But, the leakdown runs from 9 - 19%. Should I have the leakdown redone, or are the quality of the compression numbers sufficient to know the engine is solid? thanks larry
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08-24-2003, 06:59 PM
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