What the heck! The Death Rattle?

andy86+volvo · Post by **andy86+volvo** » 10 Nov 2011, 19:19

Yea, Al Gore definetly did not invent seafoam

I dont understand how everyone else loves this stuff and we use it and have the exact same thing happen to both of our cars. Was your car making as loud of a noise as mine is in the second video?

Post by **renns** » 11 Nov 2011, 06:39

Hard to say by listening to the video. With my car I could hear the ticking from inside the car just faintly at idle with windows up. With windows down, or while parked against a reflecting surface like at the drivethru, or in a garage, it's much more noticeable.

andy86+volvo · Post by **andy86+volvo** » 12 Nov 2011, 16:10

Well the compression test results are in

. Starting from left (passenger) side with engine warm, 7 turns per cylinder with a good screw in type tester. Three tests per cylinder to insure acuracy.
Cylinder 1: 179 lbs
Cylinder 2: 158 lbs
Cylinder 3: 199 lbs
Cylinder 4: 175 lbs
Cylinder 5: 174 lbs
Well not exactly the results I was looking for. Anybody have any suggestions?

Post by **holler1** » 12 Nov 2011, 16:55

Those look like great numbers to me.

andy86+volvo · Post by **andy86+volvo** » 12 Nov 2011, 17:32

Why do I have such a big difference between those 2 cylinders I thought that would deffinetly be a bad thing.

Post by **holler1** » 12 Nov 2011, 17:48

Yes, my Haynes manual says that a 20% difference between adjacent cylinders may be a problem. I don't have much experience with what these pressures should be. I just thought the overall pressure levels were nice and high.

andy86+volvo · Post by **andy86+volvo** » 12 Nov 2011, 18:11

Yea they are a lot higher than I thought they would be. I'm just worried about those numbers on number two and three.

andy86+volvo · Post by **andy86+volvo** » 13 Nov 2011, 12:11

Any one have any insights on these numbers for me?

andy86+volvo · Post by **andy86+volvo** » 14 Nov 2011, 18:40

andy86+volvo wrote:Well the compression test results are in . Starting from left (passenger) side with engine warm, 7 turns per cylinder with a good screw in type tester. Three tests per cylinder to insure acuracy.
Cylinder 1: 179 lbs
Cylinder 2: 158 lbs
Cylinder 3: 199 lbs
Cylinder 4: 175 lbs
Cylinder 5: 174 lbs
Well not exactly the results I was looking for. Anybody have any suggestions?

gilhuly · Post by **gilhuly** » 14 Nov 2011, 19:26

I think this calls for an italian tune up. Put it in 2nd or third and run the bejesus out of it for a half hour.

What the heck! The Death Rattle?

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