steve_uk
New member
Hi
I have a Brava 1.2 80sx
And its been using a hell of alot of oil lately about 5 litres every 3 months.
So i was talking to a lad at work and he said to do a compression test on it and lent me his tester.
So today i went to go do the test,and on the back of the tester it said undo all spark plugs then screw tester into cylinder in rotation,then says to crank the engine with throttle open.
So i removed all plugs and screwed into the first one and as i cranked the engine(turned key for 1 second) i kept my foot on the accelerator.
The first reading was saying 4.5kg/65 psi so i reset and did it a few more times but every reading was different varying up to 7kg/100psi.
Did the same on all other plugs and exactly the same so im unsure on how to get the reading i need.
Im sure im probably doing it wrong,any ideas on what im doing wrong or maybe about what causes the engine to lose so much oil.
There is a slight smoking coming from exhaust and every now and again you can smell oil coming through the heater blower
Thanks for any help
steve
I have a Brava 1.2 80sx
And its been using a hell of alot of oil lately about 5 litres every 3 months.
So i was talking to a lad at work and he said to do a compression test on it and lent me his tester.
So today i went to go do the test,and on the back of the tester it said undo all spark plugs then screw tester into cylinder in rotation,then says to crank the engine with throttle open.
So i removed all plugs and screwed into the first one and as i cranked the engine(turned key for 1 second) i kept my foot on the accelerator.
The first reading was saying 4.5kg/65 psi so i reset and did it a few more times but every reading was different varying up to 7kg/100psi.
Did the same on all other plugs and exactly the same so im unsure on how to get the reading i need.
Im sure im probably doing it wrong,any ideas on what im doing wrong or maybe about what causes the engine to lose so much oil.
There is a slight smoking coming from exhaust and every now and again you can smell oil coming through the heater blower
Thanks for any help
steve