[Vwdiesel] Compression Test Results :-(

Bryan K. Walton bryankwalton at machlink.com
Fri Mar 30 20:19:44 EDT 2007


On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 07:27:04PM -0400, mikitka wrote:
> 
> A. Continue to drive like as is. One qt to a thousand miles isn't that bad I

Hi Nick, I'll definitely continue to drive it.

> B. You can take the head off, pull the pistons, measure cylinders (to make
> sure they are not to far out of limits) and install new rings.

At some point, I'll have to address this.  But I'm not at that point yet.

> C. Try running an Auto-Rx treatment and see what happens. This product is

Unfortunately, I've tried that already (twice).

I've read that a low reading can be because of valve leakage.  What
causes valve leakage?  Would adjusting my valves fix that?  I've not
looked into that yet.

Thanks,
Bryan



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