How do you do a compression test in a long block which is outta the car?
- JR
Compression Test
Dec 18, 2003
5 Replies
Air wrench on the crankshaft bolt maybe.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sJR Lomas wrote:
Assuming your engine does turn clockwise and it is right-hand threaded bolt you are dealing with... and good luck trying to get the bolt once you are done with it. Air tools are a double-handed sword.
- JR
When the engine is in the car there is a starter and a flywheel and electricity to make this happen; when the engine is in a stand, chances are none of these requirements are there.
- JR
|How do you do a compression test in a long block which is outta the car?
Consider a leak-down tester instead. It's a much better test, can be done on a stand easily. Rex in Fort Worth
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