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barry badger
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compression

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I'm trying to fix my smokey tzd turbo, i've just performed a compression test, i did it on a hot engine.
the cylinders were all within 5 psi of each other. the readings were:-
1 piston stroke 170 psi
5 piston strokes 370 psi
and cranking until maximum reading obtained 410 psi
i tried it with a squirt of oil in one of the cylinders but the cylinder started firing.
are these readings ok?
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I've put this back together and come to the conclusion that there is something badly wrong with the engine, i bought an injector tester and went through 16 injectors to find 4 good ones, although the engine is running better, it's noisy. I think the noise is piston slap or possibly loose combustion chambers. i'm going to mothball this but got a feeling i'll end up breaking it. i'd like to put a 1.9 na in it but then it becomes a modified car with all the difficulties that entails. i've got a good 1.9 na but i've taken the pump and injectors off it for my txd.
1993 tzd estate, on sorn
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1992 txd estate, "doom blue" on the road
1991 4x4 estate, on sorn
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Re: compression

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Might be worth checking your turbo, my t/d was becoming quite smokey, not just on boost but all the time blue smoke, I rebuilt the turbo with a new cartridge,bearings etc and problem solved, I have a complete t/d engine with turbo and pump if your interested was running but mileage is quite high around 180k but was running fine beforehand.
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