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Did a compression test today on my 3.0 with 221k on it #716160 04/16/06 08:35 PM
Joined: Mar 2006
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Mike_C Offline OP
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I finally went out and bought a new cap and rotor, along with plugs and wires today. And since I had to pull all the old plugs I figured I should do a compression check as well.

I marked all my plug wires before pulling the plugs. Then after I marked them all at the rotor, I noticed they were already marked.... Original wires dated 1988.

All 6 plugs were white, so its on the lean side. But they were not worn to bad yet. But they were champions, I replaced them with NGK's.

I started on the drivers side with cylinder #2 and worked my way back to the fire wall, then I moved on to the other side. So here are the numbers.

#2 178 #1 180
#4 90 #3 172
#6 175 #5 180

So #4 was low, I poured in a bit of oil and tried it again after running the rest of them. It tested out at 174 with some oil in it. So this would mean I have worn rings on that piston, correct?

It idles smoother now, and runs pretty good. And all but one cylinder had good numbers, so I am pretty happy with it.


89 Silver Extra cab Pickup
33x12.5 super swampers on 15x8 cragar rims
Rancho AAL in the rear, stock up front, skyjacker nitro shocks all around.
Re: Did a compression test today on my 3.0 with 221k on it [Re: Mike_C] #716161 04/17/06 05:24 PM
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 45
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ToyoLoyal Offline
Getting the Wheeling Fever
Yes, worn rings.


1997 T100 extracab, 3.4L, 5-speed, 169K, 4x4. Love the truck, never buy anything but toyota, I tried it once, most miserable six months of my life.

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