Compression Test

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Just completed a compression test to see if it revealed any clue to my high oil consumption.
Engine Hot BAR figures 1= 10; 2= 9 ; 3= 10; 4= 10. 5= :smiley:

So variation not bad.
BTW opening throttle only made .5 increase so does not seem significant.
Am I just being paranoid about it?? :confused:

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Clive,

Have you completed a ‘leak down’ test?

When I had this done on mine, it showed 25% on cyl 3… that was losing me loads of power and using oil… New liner and rings to 3 sorted that one out!

Have you sourced the VHPD yet? :wink:

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[quote=MrBean]Just completed a compression test to see if it revealed any clue to my high oil consumption.
Engine Hot BAR figures 1= 10; 2= 9 ; 3= 10; 4= 10. 5= :smiley:

So variation not bad.
BTW opening throttle only made .5 increase so does not seem significant.
Am I just being paranoid about it?? :confused:[/quote]

As Pete says a cylinder leakage test will give you a better indication of the degree of wear/damage to your pistons/liners. :frowning:

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Honda/Yota/Honda/Yota = reliability !!!
Longbridge shut down for a good reason!!
U know it makes sense … lol

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Have you read the Des Hammill book about he history of the K? it is quite damming about Rover’s handling of the known problem and quite frankly if this is how they ran all of the business they deserved to fail. :frowning: Shame for the employees though. No doubt the bosses got a good hand - out for failure. :crazy:

NOW please tell me how to do a Leak Down test
Thanks

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I was one of those employees !!
Left longbridge with volontary redundancy in 1998…The ship was sinking then …

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You need a special bit of kit to do a leak down test and an airline.

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[quote=MrBean]Have you read the Des Hammill book about he history of the K? it is quite damming about Rover’s handling of the known problem and quite frankly if this is how they ran all of the business they deserved to fail. :frowning: Shame for the employees though. No doubt the bosses got a good hand - out for failure. :crazy:

NOW please tell me how to do a Leak Down test
Thanks [/quote]

The Des Hammill book is more about shock factor to sell some books than truth at times. He picks up on small insignificant points and claims they were full on disasters, a number of the Rover ‘experts’ he says helped him didn’t even work on engines.

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Cannot see what :grin:Ryan Air has to do with this… apart from the ‘leak down’ from Mr O’leary’s trousers

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Cannot see what :grin:Ryan Air has to do with this… apart from the ‘leak down’ from Mr O’leary’s trousers [/quote]

Classic! PMSL :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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Cannot see what :grin:Ryan Air has to do with this… apart from the ‘leak down’ from Mr O’leary’s trousers [/quote]

Pete you deserve "Dix Points " and quote of the year :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

You are obviously not one of his 737 jocks? :smiley: Wonder when the crews will have to pay HIM to fly???

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The Des Hammill book is more about shock factor to sell some books than truth at times. He picks up on small insignificant points and claims they were full on disasters, a number of the Rover ‘experts’ he says helped him didn’t even work on engines. [/quote]

Interesting Mark…goes to show you cannot believe anything you read so what price history ???

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LOL