so my car had a fucked up distributor and tyook my car to honda. they told me i needed a new one so i bought one and now my engine has no compression. they say it sat too long and they have no idea what to do...is there any easy fix or just buy a new b16a from steve athmotorsonline.com?

 

Put a small amount of oil in each cylinder and turn
it over without the plugs..
Repeat until the compression comes back up..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 88DXCRX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Put a small amount of oil in each cylinder and turn
it over without the plugs..
Repeat until the compression comes back up.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

exactly

 

aint a good thing when the Honda-Techs say "they have no idea what to do"..good luck..

 

so that will make it start up and have compression again?

im confused...CRX Junkie says not?

 

ive had motors sit for 3 years and i never had compression issues

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FakeJDMEF8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so that will make it start up and have compression again?

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Sometimes after a motor has been sitting for an extended period of time all the oil on the cylinder walls drain down and the walls become dry. Dry rings on dry walls doesnt seal too well, oil needs to be there too.


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by civickiller &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ive had motors sit for 3 years and i never had compression issues</TD></TR></TABLE>

I doubt they start up immediately though, it probably takes a lot of cranking. I remember just recently i had a motor sitting for about a year and half and before i fired it up i poured a lil bit of oil in each cylinder, put the plugs back in, and it literally fired up within 3 seconds of cranking.

 

don't forget to disable the fuel system before doing this.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by illcrxsi1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">don't forget to disable the fuel system before doing this.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ur like my friend always reminding me to do the important things good looking out i woulda forgot

 

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I doubt they start up immediately though, it probably takes a lot of cranking. I remember just recently i had a motor sitting for about a year and half and before i fired it up i poured a lil bit of oil in each cylinder, put the plugs back in, and it literally fired up within 3 seconds of cranking.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i wouldnt know because if the motors been sitting that long, i usually prime the motor first then i start it so i dont know if it would start up on the first couple cranks

 

If you have stuck rings like common on JDM motors, ATF (auto trans fluid) will break them loose.

I had a C27 (2.7L Legend) motor to swap out one time and it literally had "0" compression in all 6 cyl's, some ATF later and it had even compression across the board.

 

so it turns out that the exhaust valves are bent....what to do now...