[Vwdiesel] injectors WAS: 91 Eco EXTRA noisy til warm - hydraulic lifters?

LBaird119 at aol.com LBaird119 at aol.com
Sun Oct 4 13:18:22 PDT 2009


In a message dated 10/4/2009 8:56:12 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
william at taygan.com writes:

> Compression was 490, 540, 440, 400.  Not great, suspect something 
> starting to go on #3 and #4, maybe it's just 200,000 miles showing.
> 

  Once you get a few miles on it with GOOD injectors, some of that 
compression will likely come back up as the rings re-seat.  Being 
washed by excess fuel tends to lower the compression until it's 
fixed, unless it goes a long time and causes excessive wear.
    Loren


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