Andrei
03-06-2012, 09:23 AM
Hey guys so here's what happened:
Went to compression test my KA as it feels weak. It's all stock minus intake and exhaust from the cat back. Cylinder 1 had about 120 psi, 2 had 90, 3 was about the same, and 4 was at 60. We tested one again, went down to 60.. Everytime we tested past this the compression just kept dropping and dropping. So we figured our tester was going bad and put everything back. Go to start it, nothing. We finally get it started just by giving it some gas and it was barely running. Didn't idle and sounded like a lawnmower (yay for running on less than 4 cylinders right? smh) We find out cylinder 4 went bad and even though I had just replaced the spark plugs and wires not very long ago the spark plug looked shot. So I get a new one and put it in, and now 1 is dead. So we switch 1 and 4 to see how it is, out of nowhere 2 fails. After attempts at seeing what the hell is going on we finally diagnose that 1, 2, and 3 all are dead. All because of a compression test..? We find out my distributer was a little loose so we tightened it and no improvement. I'm getting spark for sure when we test for it but when we put everything back in it stops getting spark. We've also determined it looks like I have a bad headgasket (looks like oil in the coolant) and I was burning oil before hand when it did run (not sure how much, thought it was only a little bit). Is all of this because a bad headgasket? Or failing spark plug wires? Or are the KA gods trying to take this one from me for good? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Went to compression test my KA as it feels weak. It's all stock minus intake and exhaust from the cat back. Cylinder 1 had about 120 psi, 2 had 90, 3 was about the same, and 4 was at 60. We tested one again, went down to 60.. Everytime we tested past this the compression just kept dropping and dropping. So we figured our tester was going bad and put everything back. Go to start it, nothing. We finally get it started just by giving it some gas and it was barely running. Didn't idle and sounded like a lawnmower (yay for running on less than 4 cylinders right? smh) We find out cylinder 4 went bad and even though I had just replaced the spark plugs and wires not very long ago the spark plug looked shot. So I get a new one and put it in, and now 1 is dead. So we switch 1 and 4 to see how it is, out of nowhere 2 fails. After attempts at seeing what the hell is going on we finally diagnose that 1, 2, and 3 all are dead. All because of a compression test..? We find out my distributer was a little loose so we tightened it and no improvement. I'm getting spark for sure when we test for it but when we put everything back in it stops getting spark. We've also determined it looks like I have a bad headgasket (looks like oil in the coolant) and I was burning oil before hand when it did run (not sure how much, thought it was only a little bit). Is all of this because a bad headgasket? Or failing spark plug wires? Or are the KA gods trying to take this one from me for good? Any help would be greatly appreciated.