compression test/leaskdown test results
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Can you briefly explain the proceedure to do a leak-down test? Do you need to rotate the crank and do test at different positions or do you leave the piston at TDC?
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You leave the piston at TDC - bring on the pressure and read the gauge, then rotate the crank to the next pistons TDC and repeat the procedure.
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Keep us posted Smitty,take some picks also.
Also When I tore mine down I had the crank wet magufluxed.I am just scared of the factory crank at 850hp.
Also When I tore mine down I had the crank wet magufluxed.I am just scared of the factory crank at 850hp.
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Dart big m came today,its a nice piece,not going to worry about head gaskets with its extra head bolt bosses!!!
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Compression test-you take all your spark plugs out,fully charged battery ,crank motor over with throttle w/o with a compression gauge in each cylinder one at a time until you get the highest reading. In my case my readings were 155-159 psi,the weakest cylinder of course was the one with 155. Then start on one cyl,put motor at tdc,screw in a leakdown gauge. It blows compressed air in the cylinder and you set it to 100% then measure the percentage of air leaking into the cylinder,you do this on each cylinder. I used zero gap rings when I built my motor initially so my readings are lower than what you'd typically see. A good cylinder on my motor was at 4-5%,my cylinders that were at 155/156 were at 14-15%. While you have the leakdown tool screwed into the cylinder you try to determine were the air is going (out exhaust,out intake,into crankcase etc). In my case the worst cylinder started out at 20%,air was leaking oyut exhaust port,I pulled the valve cover and removed the rocker arm then tapped on the exhaust valve stem with a brass hammer. The leakage dropped to 15% or so and air almost completely quit hissing out exhaust port,the reamainder of the air was very clearly hissing into the crankcase,you could put your hand over the valve cover breather tube and feel it blowing gently thru the motor or you could put your ear to it. I was tearing the motor down to freshen it anyways but did it just to see what my numbers were compared to how everything looked. I also HIGHLY reccomend doing these test on a fresh motor after your sure the rings are seated for future reference which I did 2 years ago after dynoing my motor. Back then all my cylinders were between 4-5% and compression was 155-156,i think it went slightly higher from deposits on the piston crowns raising compression slightly. A normal motor with regular rings will be closer to 15 to 20% leakdown,its the cylinder that is at 40% in that case that you'll want to worry about. On most marine enigines its the valve job/top end that goes first so if you do a leak down test and numbers are high look hard for leakage thru the valves,if you didn't have alot of air blowing in the crankcase you can often just pull the heads and freshen them,Smitty