Well now, got the compression numbers on the vr6 passat that gave up the ghost a couple of weeks ago. Cyls 2,4 and 6 are all around 180 psi (cold engine). Cyls 1,3 and 5, O psi, 60 psi, and 0 psi.
Bent valves on 3 and 5? Skipped tooth on timing chain? blown timing chain tensioner? All of the above? Any bets before I take off the valve cover?
Regards - Chris
I'm betting blown head gasket and/or warped head.
Any way you cut it, you gotta pull the head off to find out fer sher.
Tim Wohlford '89 golf '98 jetta
Sounds like a cam stopped. Ugly if it's an interference engine. A couple other possible causes: Sheared woodruff key or broken (or backed-out) dowel on cam sprocket, broken camshaft (esp. if engine ran low on oil).
JRE
The site's giving me a "nicht gefunden," but if it's Chopin I've a feeling it's that funeral march - "dum dum da-dum..." - right? Chuckle.
It's... It's my future... I see a disassembled engine...
My project for the spring.
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The good news is that finding the problem won't be hard. Something will be very obviously broken. A peek down the sparkplug holes would be a good start. See if the pistons and valves still move.
The ugly part is fixing it.
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