Compression Question

[sccrAdidas15]

Hey, i'm gonna be doing a compression test this weekend on my car. I was wondering what a good number for each cylinder is. Obviously 160 indicates like brand new motor and my car has 148k on it, so what would be good numbers and how do i know when i need to start rebuilding the engine? Like what number shouldn't it go below b/c u start to loose some performance? Thanks!

 

[reeper]

http://www.dsmgrrrl.com/FAQs/compression.htm

has all the info you need

 

[oldman]

http://www.dsmgrrrl.com/FAQs/compression.htm

 

[reeper]

1G (90-94) T/E/L

2.0L NT engine


Compression ratio

9.0:1


Standard compression

192 psi


Service limit

145 psi

 

[oldman]

That's cheating, you changed your post after mine.

 

[reeper]

Only cause I entered the wrong info so, I decided to just post the link. Never knew you posted it

 

[oldman]

only cause i entered th wrong info so i decided to just out the link, never knew you posted it

That's alright, now if only I can think of a way to make you use proper capitalization and punctuation in your tech posts without issuing warning as you seem to try to be helpful most of the time, any ideas?

 

[reeper]

My bad.