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1. low compression (score: 1): Author: "Eugene D Abbondelo" <eabb@loc.gov>; Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 16:27:34 -0400; I'd like to get opinions from the list on a general automotive question, if I My Mazda MPV 1992 has an all-aluminum V-6 3 liter engine that has developed low compression in 1 cylinder (60 lbs instead; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00052.html (7,697 bytes)
2. RE: low compression (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 14:39:18 -0700; Depends a great deal on where the compression is going, IMO. If it's going into the water jacket, you're going to have a hard time keeping the cooling system full and low coolant is a killer for alu; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00054.html (7,712 bytes)
3. Re: low compression (score: 1): Author: "Eric J Russell" <ejrussell@mebtel.net>; Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 21:26:12 -0400; Probably not. Hmm, not sure. Disconnecting it will lead to uncombusted fuel/air mix being sent on into the exhaust system. I wonder if it'd combust in there. That seems like a bad thing. It might be; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00057.html (8,454 bytes)
4. Re: low compression (score: 1): Author: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>; Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 22:06:24 -0500; (pipe threads on one side, hose barb on the other) for hissing Okay, I'll bite: What kind of engine uses pipe threads for sparkplugs??? (Besides the Model T Ford, of course.); /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00058.html (7,670 bytes)
5. RE: low compression (score: 1): Author: "Mike Frerichs" <frerichs@tconl.com>; Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 22:56:11 -0500; Two points about disconnecting the spark plug wire from the cylinder in I've heard that having the fuel air mixture go through a cylinder, uncombusted, for extended periods of time tends to clean off; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00059.html (8,366 bytes)
6. Re: low compression (score: 1): Author: "Michael Lowe" <mlowe@itrade-sa.com>; Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 22:38:27 -0600; Lots of them before, oh say, 1974. Not too many now. mll; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00060.html (7,681 bytes)
7. RE: low compression (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 22:28:22 -0700; None ... but he didn't say the sparkplugs were pipe thread, he just said you could force a plastic NPT fitting into them. It works. I took a slightly different route, found a $15 compression gauge w; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00061.html (7,340 bytes)
8. Re: low compression (score: 1): Author: "CHRIS KOTTING" <ckotting@wideopenwest.com>; Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 06:38:56 -0600; None, but the pipe threads on >>plastic<< fittings are close enough (and soft enough) that they will "form" to the spark plug hole threads, making a good enough seal for a cheap (like 89 cents) leak-; /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00062.html (7,757 bytes)

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