To properly test compression, you have to be able to spin the motor at full starter motor rpm, meaning fully charged battery, and all spark plugs removed. Something occurred to me. Have you replaced the O2 sensor? The Motronic system is sensitive to proper O2 sensor input to the ECU. I have experienced problems that were caused by bad O2 sensors, either because of no output, or dead shorts. The early Bosch sensors had pretty short lifespans, and could fail either way. The latest versions are much more reliable, and much less expensive. Just be sure to only use the genuine Bosch units.
~Holland On Feb 27, 2016 18:39, "damac2004" <damac2...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > thanks that info helps i will get this car going again. > > car was running fine to me. last drive i came off freeway to oil light > and i ran the car near idle for almost a minute while getting off road. > turned out im carrier had no bolts so it tried to pop out and knicked some > of im shaft gear which was in pan. i always had to get car smogged but i > had to get a cat fitted because it didnt have one. > > i didnt check compression i guess taking effort to turn over by hand with > ratchet isnt enough? car did run fine again after i fixed im shaft and > before i yanked cams. > > i did not try the aftermarket chip i figured it would run like crap, guess > its worth a try? > > is it possible somebody did work inside head for aftermarket cams to cause > me problems? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MK2-16v" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/b99400ec-e5eb-41a6-b6bb-190010f82dda%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CABrbKB%3DyNn38TV%3D%2BP6cU0g2H_vXpCWaDYkpxo2NVk97ark04%2BA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
