my friend d16 was overheating, he said it got up to 3/4 on the temp gauge then he parked it and hasnt driven it since.. today he deciede to check the compression. he checked them and he got 1. 180 2. 180 3. 150 4. 180. car started fine before he did the compression test but now he says it doesnt. what do you think that problem could be???

 

what was unhooked b4 the test? does the car crank? does the fuel pump prime? is there spark going to the plugs?

 

all he said was that he took out all the spark plugs and had this bro crank the car while he did the compression test.. fuel pump does prime but i guess theres no spark now.

 

possibly fried the ignitor or coil. under normal conditions they're pretty robust, but leaving the distributor hooked up while cranking the engine over and over is not something the electronic parts like. there should be a writeout on how to test both the coil and the ignitor in most repair manuals.

 

alright. thanks