20 valve na i5 compression test readings

Jim Green jeg1976 at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 8 09:06:32 EST 2002


--- Tom B <dr_hydro at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
> I was hoping that someone could tell me what range
> compression test readings
> on a 20 valve na i5 should be? The car in question
> is a 90qs. When tested
> readings on all 5 cylinders was around 100-110 psi.
> That seems a little low
> too me.....
> TIA,
> Tom

Yea, those are a little low, I'm guessing you want to
be up in the 150 psi range.  What elevation are you
at?  If you live in the mountains ~8000 feet, you may
have better compression than you think.

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq 034EFI, Haltech IG5
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html

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