[Vwdiesel] compression test results on stinky ('89 1.6 na)

[H.Hagar]

Bart the Bon-Ami trick is the real thing ---recommended by GM  .  It is used as an abrasive
to get the rings to seat and deglaze the cylinder walls.

I never used it because I can not get it here.    I have an engine just waiting for the stuff.

It is used in many places --- and it is a perfect treatment in your case. Before a teardown.

Everything you told us points to rings not seating.   The smoke is a different issue.
Advancing the pump a TAD will cure that.

"Stinky" ? .


Hagar.

PS: A problem like that here --would make me scourer the bushes for a can of Bon-Ami.