I'm not sure that this has any bearing on engine compression. The car in question starts easily in warm temperatures. We are debating whether a loose fitting on the compression tester OR a weak starter motor on the tested car could influence the gauge readings significantly in a lower direction.
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 5:42 PM, R A Bennell <[email protected]> wrote: > Sometimes it is just not a good connection. My wife's car wouldn't go a few > years back and I went to jump it with > my truck and a good quality set of cables that I made out of welding wire. > First attempt was no good. Changed the > ground cable to a different spot and got a good connection and it fired up > immediately. > > Same thing with the battery in our old 4Runner. It sat all winter and the > electronic stuff drained the battery I > guess. Dead. I was a bit upset as it was a new battery and I was afraid it > was toast. I put the charger on it over > night and it did not improve. Pulled the cables and cleaned the posts and > tried it again. Much better. Full charge > within a few hours and it has now been good for a month so I assume the > battery is alright. Just a poor connection > on the charger the first time I tried to charge it up. > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Curt Raymond > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 12:03 PM > To: Diesel List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Interpreting compression test results for > W123turbodieselengine > > > There are 2 reasons that doesn't work. > #1. The weak battery eats up some of the power > #2. The jumper cables aren't big enough/well connected enough to deliver > full amperage to really spin the starter > over. Thats why its all hell to start a car with a really dead battery and > a small set of jumper cables. Last year > at work a friend's Camry was dead dead dead. We hooked it to my 240D and > let it hang there for a few minutes and it > still wouldn't start. A few minutes with TWO sets of jumper cables and it > barely cranked to life... > > -Curt > > Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:39:07 -0400 > From: andrew strasfogel <[email protected]> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Interpreting compression test results for > W123turbodiesel engine > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > The dude performed the test by jumpstarting the car and bypassing his weak > battery. > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
