A6 compression loss
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A6 compression loss
After breaking a timing belt due to a bad water pump I couldn't start the engine. I performed a compression test and had almost nothing on 5 out of 6 holes. Knowing I had installed the belt correctly I removed all timing components and began to test compression by rotating cam lobes upward and testing every hole. Same thing. almost no compression. So at this point I'm pretty sure I bent the valves. So after getting over about 3 weeks of bad attitude I pulled the heads and what did I find? nothing! All valves are straight as can be. I had the valves checked at the machine shop and everything is good. Anybody have any ideas as to why I lost compression? My thoughts are I let the engine sit too long and the valve carbon may have solidified. I know the air was escaping past the valves because I poured alcohol down the head at the intake valves and I could blow through the sparkplug hole and watch lots of bubbles come out of the valves.
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steven.whyte
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03-15-2012 11:53 AM