Bad piston ring or bad valve, need help!

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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 05:08 PM
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Default Bad piston ring or bad valve, need help!

A couple of months ago my car went down, I thought it was that a spark plug wire that came off. I stopped and checked and everything was connected, I damned near POOPED my pants.

After I left work I checked the compression Cyl. 1 - 135
Cyl. 2 - 130
Cyl. 3 - 130
Cyl. 4 - goose egg


My setup:
B18C1
DRAG 3 kit (7psi)
stock internals


My question are:

What else can I do to pinpoint the problem?

Why do I have ZERO compression? (even with bad rings, I would still get somekind pressure)

I'm all ears
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 05:59 PM
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Default Re: Bad piston ring or bad valve, need help! (sway892)

Pour a very little amount of oil in each cylinder and see if the compression goes up than its the rings.

The oil will form a temporary seal.
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 01:24 AM
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Default Re: Bad piston ring or bad valve, need help! (Vtaaak y0)

Is there anyway that I check the valves?
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 07:54 AM
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Default Re: Bad piston ring or bad valve, need help! (sway892)

Well if the compression goes up, you can pretty much assume its the valves.
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Old Jan 21, 2005 | 08:31 AM
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Default Re: Bad piston ring or bad valve, need help! (Vtaaak y0)

If you have 0 compression it is most likely that you are missing a big chunk out of a valve or valves.
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