Compression results on 2001 2.7L V6 (Intrepid)

Jun 05, 2006 7 Replies
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Anyone have any compression test numbers on a 2.7 L V6 they can compare with these ones. I did the test this afternoon after discovering my long lost compression tester (missing for 20 years).



Engine has 237,000 Km ( 147K miles ). Engine was at full operating temp.



From the front : Left Side Right Side


187 185
175 183
185 175

Manual says 100 psi minimum; no more than 25% variation. These numbers certainly meet all that. I'm curious whether my numbers are typical, lower than normal or higher than normal.



Thanks...Phil


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Phil, Is your vehicle having a problem or do you just have to much time on your hands?

Glenn Beasley Chrysler Tech

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Killing time while waiting for the cooling system to cool off in between drains and re-fills.

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maxpower wrote: >Well that would be a good reading, No I cant give you something to >compare to >

Thanks anyway Glenn. Just a gut feel, but they 'looked good' to me too based on experience from many years ago. I wouldn't expect many average users to know or ever need to know what the compression in their engines is.

Phil

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You're trying to bait me into making more Jiffy Lube remarks aren't you! :)

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')

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