Valves and Compression

[Henderson, Bruce]

Have a 91 Q8 and just returned from my shade-tree specialist.  He said the compression of the left side was 60, 100, 80 and 0.  He did not do the right side.  According to him, a valve job is in order.  Several questions:

1. Is this, in fact, indicative of a needed valve job?
2. If so, do I do the one valve (No. 1)?  Or the whole 8??
3. What is a reasonable price to pay for such a job??  I assume that I don't want to go to the Audi dealer, right??
4. The car has 180K on it, and other than the sluggishness, is in good shape.  Can I run it in this condition for a while longer??  If I do, what's the likelihood of something else going wrong??

Thanks for your help.  I'm a "newbee" to the site, love my Audi and looking for some guidance.

Bruce



J. Bruce Henderson
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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Huw Powell [mailto:audi at humanspeakers.com]
Sent:	Monday, August 04, 2003 1:02 AM
To:	jwarner6 at columbus.rr.com
Cc:	quattro at audifans.com
Subject:	Re: Stumped!


> I noticed a while ago that I appeared to have a missing component on my
> engine.

> Jeff Warner
> Galloway, OH
> Post 11/88 200 Quattro Wagon
> '86 GT

on which car?

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Huw Powell

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