[Vwdiesel] Low compression, valves?

Tad tadc at europa.com
Thu May 26 12:52:39 PDT 2011


I vaguely remember a thread on TDIClub a long time ago with a similar
situation.. turned out to be a slightly s-shaped rod that wasn't apparent to
the naked eye.

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Stephen Kraus <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Could be a very slightly bet rod, when I removed them it looked ok...it
> smokes on starting but it goes away pretty quickly. The injectors are also
> new
>
> On May 26, 2011 1:41 PM, "Tad" <tadc at europa.com> wrote:
>
> Do you have compression numbers?
>
> Is it smoky?
>
> Leakdown test would pinpoint valve leakage...
>
> Could it be the injector was somehow buggered by the hydrolock?
>
> Bent rod?
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Stephen Kraus <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> >
>> > The #2 cylinder was hydrolocked on oil when I bought the car, rebuilt it
>> and
>> > now it runs fine ...
>>
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