[Vwdiesel] Starting Problem(Update)
Nate Wall
NWall at envasns.org
Wed Mar 20 08:45:19 EST 2002
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Possibly a compression ring broke. My '85 TD all of a sudden began missing on idle. A compression test verified 230 PSI (400 - 500 is normal) on one cylinder. Teardown revealed that piston had a broken top ring.
--Nate
>>> <Jdtower23 at aol.com> 03/19/02 10:13PM >>>
In a message dated 3/19/2002 10:06:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, cotter at mhtc.net writes:
low compression is my opinion
I have had several like this that ran quite well (slow as always)
One had top compression ring broken on 3 of 4 pistons
Cotter
what would cause it to lose compression all the sudden? It started fine that morning...took a trip and then it wouldn't start again....another big thing i forgot to mention....i saw some oil on the back of the car....what would cause this?
John
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<DIV>Possibly a compression ring broke. My '85 TD all of a sudden began
missing on idle. A compression test verified 230 PSI (400 - 500 is normal)
on one cylinder. Teardown revealed that piston had a broken top
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<DIV>--Nate<BR><BR>>>> <Jdtower23 at aol.com> 03/19/02 10:13PM
>>><BR><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a message dated
3/19/2002 10:06:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, cotter at mhtc.net
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TYPE="CITE">low compression is my opinion<BR>I have had several like this that
ran quite well (slow as always)<BR>One had top compression ring broken on 3 of
4 pistons<BR>Cotter<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>what would cause it to lose
compression all the sudden? It started fine that morning...took a trip and then
it wouldn't start again....another big thing i forgot to mention....i saw some
oil on the back of the car....what would cause this? <BR><BR>John</FONT>
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