Engine Overhall

jimmy

Once upon a time
I took my head off today fairly easy job (burning oil high revs only past the emissions test) There are signs of the engine overheated in the past so not good think its fcked up the stem seals. Anyway the compression test showed 14 and a half bar on each cylinder but it seems to me there is more play then I would imagine in the pistons has anyone else thought that and its turned out fine, am I just being paranoid.
Might change my rings worth it or not.

It also strikes me as strange I have no water flow to my water bottle. I removed the thermostat and ran it without one and there was flow put a new one back in no flow. Engine heats up to 83 decrees still no flow. Got hot air in the heater. The thermo must be opening but no flow is this normal

Also can someone tell me what a good code reader would be for my 2.2 Bertone EML light was on before I started the strip and think it would be easier just to find out the code for it.
The End.

JohnnyN

On the coolant flow subject, I thought this about mine recently but upon pulling the return pipe off whist the engine was running and the engine hot, coolant was definately pumping back to the header tank.

jimmy

Re: Engine Overhaul

I could also run it to normal running temperature and undo the header tank cap and no pressure and water cold even thought there is good heat from the heater. Heater matrix pipes hot. Took the water pump off today seems like its perfectly fine. New thermostat too.