04-23-2008, 03:44 AM
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Forest Gump
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Cape Girardeau Mo
Drives: 1992 Stealth TT
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Re: Compression Testing Correctly and Cold vs Warm engine
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Originally Posted by ZephTheChef
The difference between cold and warm measurements is going to vary greatly engine to engine, or even cylinder to cylinder...it's not really a good practice to guess at what that difference is.
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yep, on my personal car it has varied as much as 15 PSI cold to warm.
There is no accuracy when you check the engine cold, so you may as well not bother. All it will tell you is if your rings are totally shot or not.
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