Rare Car Restoration 3: Compressions test how to

[@PuntoHowto]

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[@kyner455]

Hi Andy, just found you and youre absolutley punastic! Love your videos, you studmuffin

[@PuntoHowto]

Best comment ever !! Thanks for watching !

[@nrnccrdn]

Well, taking the cylinder head off would make a great video, and would allow you to clean the top of the pistons as well 😅

[@PuntoHowto]

I think it’s definitely heading that way…. I may have already ordered a head gasket 😂

[@nrnccrdn]

@@PuntoHowto Looking forward to the video! 😁

[@nequanlucas2162]

Did you do it on a warm or cold engine?

[@PuntoHowto]

I’d suggest a cold engine, really you are looking to see if there is a difference between cylinders but if you do it on a warm engine then you have to contend with hot spark plugs and hot engine and risk burning yourself

[@nequanlucas2162]

@@PuntoHowto okay cool … so I’m curious whenever you have bent valves or slightly bent valves, that cylinder won’t be able to hold compression right?? I drive a mk7 gti and I know that the loud bang I heard under my hood was me jumping time.. I replaced the timing chain then later saw this video and did a compression test all cylinders were pretty much the same between 147-149 .. but the car runs like crap the car idles at 600 but after a drive it starts idling at 900 rpm so I’m just lost

[@PuntoHowto]

@@nequanlucas2162 yes if you have bent valves then you’ll not have compression in those cylinders. That engine would be direct injection? It’s quite a lot more complex than the engine in this video I can’t really suggest what you can do to fix the problems you are having?