Can compression, keep car from starting? if so how to raise it enough to
get it started.

 

"pepsibc1" <pepsibc1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Can compression, keep car from starting? if so how to raise it enough to
> get it started.
>

Why are you asking this question? What makes you think it won't start
because of a compression problem?

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"Mike Marlow" <mmarlow@alltel.net> wrote in message
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> "pepsibc1" <pepsibc1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
>> Can compression, keep car from starting? if so how to raise it enough to
>> get it started.
>>
>
> Why are you asking this question? What makes you think it won't start
> because of a compression problem?
>
> --
>
> -Mike-

Actually compression can keep a car from starting. Had a problem with my
'53 Merc flathead with the high compression heads. It was a case of
lowering, not increasing the compression to get it to crank.

In the case of a worn engine, sometimes a shot of oil in the cylinder would
boost compression enough to start it, but it would belch smoke and foul the
plugs and start a new set of problems.

 

"Edwin Pawlowski" <esp@snet.net> wrote in message
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>
> Actually compression can keep a car from starting. Had a problem with my
> '53 Merc flathead with the high compression heads. It was a case of
> lowering, not increasing the compression to get it to crank.

Yes but in the case of too much compression the engine will usually labor to
even turn over.

>
> In the case of a worn engine, sometimes a shot of oil in the cylinder
would
> boost compression enough to start it, but it would belch smoke and foul
the
> plugs and start a new set of problems.
>
>

It has to be very - very low compression for the engine not to start though.
I simply wondered why the OP was going down this path. He provided no other
information in this thread. Though... he did provide more in another thread
that indicated he has no spark. That's not a cause to look at compression.

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"Mike Marlow" <mmarlow@alltel.net> wrote in message
>
> It has to be very - very low compression for the engine not to start
> though.
> I simply wondered why the OP was going down this path. He provided no
> other
> information in this thread. Though... he did provide more in another
> thread
> that indicated he has no spark. That's not a cause to look at
> compression.

If he gets the compression high enough, he can run it as a diesel

 

"Edwin Pawlowski" <esp@snet.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Mike Marlow" <mmarlow@alltel.net> wrote in message
> >
> > It has to be very - very low compression for the engine not to start
> > though.
> > I simply wondered why the OP was going down this path. He provided no
> > other
> > information in this thread. Though... he did provide more in another
> > thread
> > that indicated he has no spark. That's not a cause to look at
> > compression.
>
> If he gets the compression high enough, he can run it as a diesel
>
>

Correctemundo. I'm thinking a squirt of gorilla glue down the cylinders to
fill up all the compression leaks and a nice 4 cylinder from a '71 Pinto
mounted in place of the starter motor, as a pony motor. Maybe a couple of
loops of steel banding wrapped around the heads too - just to keep them in
place with that new compression ratio...

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