Im looking at getting a compression tester and wanted to check what ones people have bought as with the V configuration i need to make sure it will reach.

 

Links please :)

 

Marty

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_199553_langId_-1_categoryId_165557

 

 

if you need one asap just pop down to halfords.

 

I have this one..

yeah i just looked at that one wasnt sure if it will be long enough to reach the thread and if it had the right thread on it :)

does fit just

 

screw in the gauge after you have screwed it into the plug hole.

cheers means i can give the silver shorty a compression test tomorrow :) oh and i get trade discount at halfords

bring it with you next time you are up :)

bring it with you next time you are up :)

 

sure thing Baz :) £1 per cylinder testing :tt2:

sure thing Baz :) £1 per cylinder testing :tt2:

 

 

I'll have the invoice ready for all the freebies you've had then :tt2:

I'll have the invoice ready for all the freebies you've had then :tt2:

 

You could have borrowed mine mate but Vodkashots has got it.

You could have borrowed mine mate but Vodkashots has got it.

 

along with my ptu LOL :whistling:

 

how do they work? does the car have to be running?! I have no idea as you can probably tell :wheelchair:

along with my ptu LOL :whistling:

 

how do they work? does the car have to be running?! I have no idea as you can probably tell :wheelchair:

 

I haven't used it yet.lol iirc you remove the coilpacks and plugs and connect up the tester and turn the car over. You need to do each cylinder obviously.

so I cant test my spare engine sat in the garage? :(

so I cant test my spare engine sat in the garage? :(

 

Yeah, get a wrench on the crank and turn it over. You'll probably need to get a man to help you though.....:sailor:

Yeah, get a wrench on the crank and turn it over. You'll probably need to get a man to help you though.....:sailor:

 

 

Its ok... I'll get my hubby on the case.

Its ok... I'll get my hubby on the case.

 

lol

Yeah, get a wrench on the crank and turn it over. You'll probably need to get a man to help you though.....:sailor:

 

PMSL!-you need to spin it over quicker than a wrench mate! :hammer:

Hook a battery up to the starter and do it that way.

PMSL!-you need to spin it over quicker than a wrench mate! :hammer:

Hook a battery up to the starter and do it that way.

 

Nah mate i'm well ard me! lol

 

Doubt Baz would have the gearbox attached to the engine he wants to test though, so is there another way of doing it?

PMSL!-you need to spin it over quicker than a wrench mate! :hammer:

Hook a battery up to the starter and do it that way.

 

 

excuse my thickness.. will I need to bolt it up to a gearbox? you aren't messing are ya Daz? you can really do that?! :confused1:

as it is a screw in type of compression tester turning over by big rachet should give a reading as you are still creating the compression just whether it will give a true reading

Doh too late lol.... yeah I've got a manual box and an auto box in the garage I can throw on. :thumbup:

excuse my thickness.. will I need to bolt it up to a gearbox? you aren't messing are ya Daz? you can really do that?! :confused1:

 

No not messin' mate!:lol: stick a 'box on and a starter and take out all the plugs.If the engine as sat a while squirt some oil down the bores first.:ninja:

important if inside a garage.. release the fuel pressure (use fuel pump relay if no consult available) then turn over until no firing occurs. remove plug/fit tester. measure compression with throttle wide open/ pedal depressed on a cold soaked engine. repeat first cyl again to check. if result is not the same, scratch readings and repeat all six.

That is the Nissan intended method. Hope that helps!

He also has my spot weld dent puller at the moment. Im guessing that Vodkashots is building a second zed out of borrowed bits by the sound of it :sailor:

 

I believe my dent puller should be repatriated with me shortly :wink: a good friend of mine needs it Sunday.

He also has my spot weld dent puller at the moment. Im guessing that Vodkashots is building a second zed out of borrowed bits by the sound of it :sailor:

 

I believe my dent puller should be repatriated with me shortly :wink: a good friend of mine needs it Sunday.

 

He has got my crank puller as well :no:

Omfg :scared: he probably has a better collection of tools and spares than most of us at the moment lol.

he has my virginity.