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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Thanks Phil. I dropped the engine this afternoon, and I'm going to take off the heads tomorrow evening. Any thoughts on how I could recheck the compression with the heads still on the engine (and the engine out of the car?) I don't seem to get enough umph! to turn the engine over fast enought to get a reliable compression reading (all the spark plugs are out) Jason > > --- veedub@apartment101.com wrote: > > As everyone may remember I had a > > problem with a cross > > threaded plug on my Notchback. I thought the > > problem was fixed but all of a > > sudden I noticed she started running funny upon > > acceleration and she doesn't > > have the get up and go> > > > I ran a compression test wet and dry > > > Cylinders 1,2,3 =3D 110-112# (consistent) > > Cylinder 4 =3D 92# (this was the cross threaded > > cylinder) > > > > I squirted some oil down the cylinder and the > > compression jumped to 110# on > > cylinder 4. So, I am guessing that I cracked a > > ring. Or would this have been a previous problem > > waiting to happen? > > > > . > > > > > Jason > > 68 Notch > > > > From the test you have done, the only thing left is > rings, the oil in the cylinder took the valves out of > the picture. nothing you did would have caused this, > just the luck of the draw. Phil > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Search old messages on the Web! Visit > > http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > > </x-charset>