Compression test results

[YELOSNK]

Decided to do a compression test for a health check and pretty happy with the results. All were 150-152, with 4x 150, 1x151, 3x152. Doesn't seem too bad for a 22 year old car.

Edit: the consistency (which I know is the main thing to look for) seems great, but are the results low overall? All plugs were pulled. Engine was warm, not hot. Didn't shut off fuel.

 

[Badaz01]

that seems acceptable. Send an oil sample to blackstone labs they can do an analysis and tell you everything that’s in your oil.

 

[smashedheadcat]

Numbers seem fine to me. If everything is running fine, no reason to suspect an issue.

A leakdown check will tell you a bit more as it will show you the percentage of air escaping the combustion chamber on the compression stroke.

A compression test is more of a generality. If your compression check showed a single cylinder with dramatically different from the rest (like 100 psi), you can assume that you’re losing air somewhere because it’s 1/3 less than the standard set by the rest.

 

[YELOSNK]

Numbers seem fine to me. If everything is running fine, no reason to suspect an issue.

A leakdown check will tell you a bit more as it will show you the percentage of air escaping the combustion chamber on the compression stroke.

A compression test is more of a generality. If your compression check showed a single cylinder with dramatically different from the rest (like 100 psi), you can assume that you’re losing air somewhere because it’s 1/3 less than the standard set by the rest.

Thanks, that's about what I figured. I have no reason to suspect anything is wrong and figured compression would be a quick health check. If something seems wrong I'd have put in the extra effort for a leakdown test.