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Postby manga_blue » Tue May 13, 2014 5:36 pm
Cold. I doubt hot is worth trying anyway.
Not good. I'm hoping it's just a stuck valve.
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Postby Black_Penguin » Tue May 13, 2014 5:45 pm
Doesn't sound good mate, hope its a simple and cheap-ish fix.
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Postby MrRevhead » Tue May 13, 2014 5:46 pm
Hopefully it is something like just a stuck or even a burnt valve.
And to think, you just completed 1800+ kms over a few days flawlessly!
Keep us updated.
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Postby manga_blue » Tue May 13, 2014 6:20 pm
One of the worst suggestions I'd ever heard came in today. Pour half a litre of oil down the spark plug hole and see how fast it rose on the dipstick.

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Postby taminga16 » Wed May 14, 2014 11:44 am
I am still trying to figure how this might ever work?
When you turn your car on, does it return the favour?
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Postby NitroDann » Wed May 14, 2014 12:12 pm
0 compression is a HUGE leak if its a piston it will run straight through into the sump.
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Postby Nevyn72 » Wed May 14, 2014 12:53 pm
Maybe use one of these for a quick look at the piston top?
http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online ... 1633#Cross
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Postby TTT » Wed May 14, 2014 2:22 pm
NitroDann wrote:0 compression is a HUGE leak if its a piston it will run straight through into the sump.
Dann
The old 0 psi piston.

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Postby speed » Wed May 14, 2014 2:40 pm
Holy crap, that sucks man.
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Postby speed » Wed May 14, 2014 2:41 pm
Holy crap, that sucks man.
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Postby manga_blue » Wed May 14, 2014 2:59 pm
I don't have time it pull the head yet but one of the better suggestions from the locals was to rotate to TDC on the compression stroke and put air at 10-20psi down the plug hole. If it comes out the inlet then there's probably a dropped inlet valve. If it comes out the exhaust then there's probably a burnt exhaust valve. If it comes out the dipstick then there's a burnt piston.
My money is on a burnt exhaust valve. While I was trying to figure it out I tried cleaning the injectors. Number 2 injector was mostly blocked by white soft waxy stuff. The rest were OK. I think I bought bad fuel at Newcastle then drove 400kms on cruise control with that cylinder running lean.
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Postby Okibi » Wed May 14, 2014 11:11 pm
Shoulda got a turbo in Newcastle

If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away? Neither would I.
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Postby manga_blue » Wed May 14, 2014 11:25 pm
Okibi wrote:Shoulda got a turbo in Newcastle

The reason I didn't was that I didn't want to spend my weekends trying to work out why my engine blew up.

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Postby Nevyn72 » Wed May 14, 2014 11:27 pm
manga_blue wrote:Okibi wrote:Shoulda got a turbo in Newcastle

The reason I didn't was that I didn't want to spend my weekends trying to work out why my engine blew up.

Yet your engine appears to have blown up anyway....... Just sayin'......

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Postby manga_blue » Wed May 14, 2014 11:49 pm
The irony is not lost on me.
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