i did a compression test on my accord today ( '92 lx..f22a1) this is what i got: #1 190 #2 190 #3 185 #4 190 but i have alot of oil in #2 & #4 and a little bit in #3 when i take the plugs out there was oil on the bottom of the plugs. so can someone tell me what the problem and solution is? what have i done to the engine(it's stock with 168'xxx miles on it) help

 

compression is high due to carbon buildup....normal with that many miles. the oil is do to bad spark plug seals...buy a new valve cover gasket set and new seals will come with it...simply go around the spark plug tube where the valve cover part of the tube meets the part of the tube on the head. there are also spark plug seals on the bottom of the tube underneath the rocker-arm assembly....mine are bad on my f22b2...been too lazy to fix it. change the upper ones first to see if that fixes the problem...and good luck

 

thanks anyone else out there??

 

He's right about the spark plug seals. Buy them and problem solved. A 5 pt variance in compression is nothing.

 

but is it bad that i've been driving my car like this???

 

naaa...i wont hurt anything....you should get it fixed...but its not gonna kill you or your engine 6 months with oil in my tubes <=== im a lazy bitch

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by madd &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">naaa...i wont hurt anything....you should get it fixed...but its not gonna kill you or your engine 6 months with oil in my tubes &lt;=== im a lazy bitch </TD></TR></TABLE> thanks... lazy bitch

 

haha no problems mi amigo

 

what you need is to replace the rocker arm seals, common on older accords

 

u just havin fun with the compression tester i see

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DragonTLS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what you need is to replace the rocker arm seals, common on older accords</TD></TR></TABLE> what would i have to do to get to the rocker arm seals? would i have to take off the timing belt? and also if i do the spark plug seals i can keep the timing belt on...right???

 

This might scare you but, there the a chance that you have a worn piston ring which will lower the compression and allow oil into the engine.

Caleb

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by supercreed2002 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This might scare you but, there the a chance that you have a worn piston ring which will lower the compression and allow oil into the engine.

Caleb</TD></TR></TABLE> but my compression was 190-190-185-190 is that bad (or low) compression for a 92 accord???

 

Sounds good to me as far as the numbers go. Remember, you only have about 2.5 - 3% variation, which is very good.

The leaky oil isn't that big of a deal. Check the ceramic on the spark plugs. You can tell if it is leaking from the valve cover rings by the staining on the ceramic. That is a common problem that doesn't affect the performance of the engine at all.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 91AccordSE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sounds good to me as far as the numbers go. Remember, you only have about 2.5 - 3% variation, which is very good.

The leaky oil isn't that big of a deal. Check the ceramic on the spark plugs. You can tell if it is leaking from the valve cover rings by the staining on the ceramic. That is a common problem that doesn't affect the performance of the engine at all.</TD></TR></TABLE> ok for the most part the oil is only on the BOTTOM of the plugs and i didnt notice as much oil on the upper part of the plugs..... so this might not be from the valve cover???

 

ttt

 

up for help

 

buy a book thats the greatest help of all it even has a trouble shooting page for general problems

 

i rather have help from people who experienced this problem, and i do have a book that i use

 

you need to remove the cam holder brackets only, you don't need to remove
the timing belt

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DragonTLS &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you need to remove the cam holder brackets only, you don't need to remove
the timing belt</TD></TR></TABLE> see that i dont mind i just dont wanna have to *** with the timing or major work (im still learnin and the car is a daily driver)