I took my car to a mechanic cuz i coudnt figure out whats wrong. and he said its my compression. and i wanted to know how what they do and how much its gonna cost on avg. so that i know hes not trying to expletive me over.

 

bump it

 

Ask him what is causing the loss in compression. I guess that is what you are talking about

 

Did they perform a compression check? If so, what were the numbers? Did you overrev recently?

 

well i sent it in today . and hes gonna check it tomrrw. but yea . haha eversince i got my head built which was about 5 days ago ive been hitting redlines and i think on one or two occasions i overrevved it. but ill get a print out or something of the numbers . and post it . but what do they do to fix this problem and how much is it going to cost me?


off subject. this is the reason why my car isnt starting?

 

Your valves may need to be adjusted as well. The only ways to really overrev is to misshift from say 3rd to 2nd at redline, which causes a mechanical overrev, or to install a chipped ECU that has a high (or no ) rev limiter. WHo installed the head?

 

as long 4 cylinder is consistent, like it will tell you whats wrong with the motor, like leaking, and other ****. get a compression test, is not so hard, if you search there will be some link you can find that help you do your own compression test. gl

 

i sent it in to a performance shop and they did all of that. i have a chipped ecu at 8200 redline and i have been downshieft 3rd to 2nd and hitting 6ks in 2nd gear.

 

no problem, 3rd to 2nd is fine, just wait til you get the test result back, btw where you locate? from san diego?

 

yea im from san diego . haha . have you seen me on the streets?

 

nah, what car you drive? got pics? what part of diego, im from diego too.

 

i will have pics when my car is out of the shop . hopefully tomrrw. but i dunno how long compression and all that stuff takes to fix. but yea im near mira mesa area up north.

 

haha, i never go past mira mesa, well sometime, what kinda car you drive, you should go to the ikea meet this sat.. i'll will go there for the first time checking out the scenery

 

ikea meet? my friend lives right across the street form there. haha . i didnt know they had a meet there.
i drive a 94 LS Fully Built Head Bottom Stock for now. Green color

but do you know what the procedure is to fix compreesion and how long it should take?

 

help on expected time and procedure or compression?

bump

 

depend what it is.

 

Am I missing something here? What is the problem?

If it doesn't have compression and it is head related, my money is on a bent valve. The head will have to be pulled and the valve replaced. Had the same thing happen to me. It wouldn't start, so I pulled the valve cover and one of cylinder 3's intake valves was stuck in the down position causing 0 compression.

 

how much did that cost you?

 

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Valve ~ 20
Headgasket ~ $80
12 pack of beer ~ $13
Labor ~ Priceless

 

how much does anyone think a shop would charge for the head pull etc.?

 

need input fast plz . pm me if you know around what price labor would be.