compression check

[SniperXr2]

Hey guys, is there a way for me to check my compression at home? With normal tools I would have laying around, or does it need to be sent to a shop? What would be a good compression to have? Thanks guys
-Rob

 

[2FST4U]

what should compression be at? what are alowable differences between the cylinders

 

[onepimpclipse]

http://2gnt.com/www/corbin/comp.html

Please do a little searching yourself next time. www.2gnt.com has a very good amount of useful information about our cars, thats where this came from.

 

[Kirby]

^^^That is excatly right. The numbers will be different from car to car but there should be no more than a 10% difference between the readings. You can get a comp tester at any parts store. Other than that all you need is a spark plug sockett and the tester.