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spadepro22

15+ Year Contributor
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Mar 13, 2008
Seneca, South_Carolina
I know its my fault for letting him drive, but he went from 3rd to 2nd and now my car randomly cuts off. I did a compression test today and the results are:165(1),122.5(2), 126.5(3), 142.5(4). I did one back on may 5 and the results were: 170(1), 130(2), 165(3), 155(4). So the compression is definitely down. Could that miss cause this or should I look somewhere else? I don't have a leak down tester but Ill probably look into getting one. I plan on doing another motor and will be asking questions in this thread on opinions but I want to get answers on the compression first before I start asking opinions on rebuild options.
 
i dont really know it wouldnt hurt to check else where have you checked for boost leaks a big spike of boost from downshifting at a high rev could have blown one of your couplers off

but you deff need to adress your poor compression with a leak down test
 
he might of created a serious boost leak somewhere, have you done a BLT?
 
I feel like an ass to my friends sometimes when they want to drive my car. When it comes down to it, I can't let anyone drive my baby haha.

Even if your friend races almost every weekend :D
Sorry to hear your car is messed up now.
The leak down test will give you more insite, but doesn't sound good at this point.
 
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