Racket! and compression test!

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <3394AD69.1EF3@tiac.net> Allan Jones writes:

> 	Put a major effort in( ;-| ) this afternoon and the engine is together,
> minus the belt driven accessories. Started her up and she sounds like
> s#!t...major racket around head, valve cover. Shut her down after about
> a half min. Is this because I have bad lifters(I was able to push down
> on many of them well beyond their 'O.K' limit) and there is no oil in
> the head....or have I bent a valve?   :-(

I don't think you'd have bent a valve by hand enough to hear it.  However, 
it's a long time since your engine ran and the lifters might indeed be 
completely empty by now.  Fill the oil right to the top of the range indicated 
on the dipstick.

> 	I have a compression tester now but am unsure on what, if anything, I
> have to disconnect regarding the electronic ignition module/ign.
> coil/battery. Could someone give some direections on compression testing
> a N/A I-5.  Thank YOU!!

Pull the coil ===> distributor lead at the distributor end and short it to 
chassis with a jumplead.
 
I always remove all the plugs and test each cylinder in turn.  If I get two 
adjacent lows, I repeat the tests for each with a plug in the other to see if 
there's cross-leakage.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club