Have I Stuffed My Engine?

[wrxhoon]

i did the comp test after i noticed it was filling. I was more concerned when my car blew white smoke for a while...but i think that was due to the catch can being overfilled..

So can a leak down test find out that a comp cant?

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Yes

[E_Lu-SHuN]

what can it find out ?

[wrxhoon]

The condtion of the rings and pistons .

[Amaru]

Leakdown test can tell you if your engine is leaking compression be it past the rings, past the valves etc. Can also tell you if the head/head gasket is damaged at all (take the radiator cap off when you do it, and if it blows coolant out then you have a head problem).

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Who can i get to do a leak down test?

[Abo Bob]

Nathan at Grey Imports shouldn't charge too much.

[GunMetalR33]

Who can i get to do a leak down test?

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your mum

sorry couldn't help myself

[Merli]

It's blown.

number 6 has half the compression of the rest.

Wow...

That's surprising from a little overboost. Depending how much you turned up the duty cycle of your boost solenoids, when that leak closed up again and gave proper duty cycle, surely it wouldn't have overboosted *THAT* much

Oh well... Welcome to the club

[Abo Bob]

I think it probably hit about 1.1-1.2 bar. We all already knew there was a lot of timing in that mid range.

Yes the engine was bmanned/dmanned/mmanned/amanned.

I join a club that many of my friends have been members of for some time. Oh well. Bring on the forgies.

[Beer Baron]

a few people here are multiple members!!

[benl1981]

Hey Fatz - For 500 bucks a 3 litre bottom end? Do you just put it back together with an old RB30 bottom end? Is that a good idea.