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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 08:32 PM
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I want to buy a 02 Honda Ep3, I was just wondering what should be the compression psi. The car has 97xxx miles??
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Old Jul 25, 2009 | 09:17 AM
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NO HELP?
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Old Jul 25, 2009 | 12:21 PM
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with a compression test just test all four cylinders and make sure they are no more than 3-5% different. So 150psi, 152psi, 150psi, 130psi you know the last cylinder is starting to get a little low
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compression should be above 135psi. with a maximum variation of 28 psi between cylinders.
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