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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 11:58 AM
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I recently did a compression testing on my 93 civic coupe dx and these are the numbers I got....starting from the left going right...140,155,145,145....was wondering if these numbers are good or bad?....if they are bad what should I do to make them good?
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 12:00 PM
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Some might say that they are fine but the discrepancy between the first two numbers would worry me.
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 12:19 PM
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Ok..what do u think I should do?
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 12:24 PM
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Why are you even doing a compression test?

You might want to give the backstory to your question.
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 12:31 PM
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Looks good to me. There is less than 10% variance between them, I wouldn't be worried at all
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 12:36 PM
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Bc I am burning oil..I got alittle blue smoke coming out of it...everytime i hit the gas but it does it every somewhat often
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 12:39 PM
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Probably your rings then. A leakdown test will tell you exactly where you're having difficulty.
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 12:41 PM
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How do u do a leak down test?
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 92hondaaccord8108
How do u do a leak down test?
Search...look it up...

More than likely your valve stem seal
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 92hondaaccord8108
everytime i hit the gas but it does it every somewhat often
This makes no sense...
You hit the gas and blue smoke comes out, not every time but occasionally?
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by purgat0ry
This makes no sense...
You hit the gas and blue smoke comes out, not every time but occasionally?
Maybe he's not looking every time.
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Old Mar 6, 2012 | 01:12 PM
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Yeah
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