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Well it mostly depends on the motor but its hard on it no matter what it can cause that piston to seize up and blow the motor
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Is it good to drive a car where one cylinder has no compression?
NO. It may get you home, if you drive carefully and slowly, but you would need to get it checked out, may be fairly pricey
Do you need a new engine if there is no compression in one cylinder?
Depends on why there is no compression.
What can cause low compression on one cylinder only?
Most of the times when you have low compression on one cylinder it's an indication that the head gasket is blown. If more than one cylinder has low compression and is hard to start the you most deffinatly have a blown head gasket
What are signs of broken ring in v8 engine?
Oil burning or loss of compression on any one cylinder. It may also be missing on one cylinder. A compression test will verify this.
What would the symptoms be for a compressor that has two cylinders and only one is pumping?
How do you fix no compression in one cylinder? Yes, a dead cylinder can be fixed by checking and rectifying any defective component that falls among some of the reasons that result in a dead cylinder; in order to fix a dead cylinder, you will have to diagnose the cylinder by using a compression gauge to test whether there are any cylinders with no compression. Usually, a leaking gasket.
You have a 1994 Pontiac Sunbird with a bad engine vibration in Drive while stopped it will slightly decrease in neutral Where should you start to look?
Run a compression check and examine the plugs while you're at it. If you see one or more plugs that are dark and wet, that cylinder isn't firing. If that cylinder also has low or no compression, it has a burned valve.
What causes no compression on one cylinder?
Your car is probably just effed up!
How low can cylinder pressure go and still run good?
The thing that usually goes awry is that one cylinder gets worse than all the others. Do a compression test on all 8 and compare them. It will probably run ok as long as the compression is within 10-15% of each other.
What are the symptoms of a bent valve?
A popping sound (when running if it will run), backfiring, and low compression on one cylinder when testing with a compression guage.
How do you fix a miss fire on cylinder 5?
Each cylinder needs fuel, compression and spark. You are missing one of those.
What if your 05 corsa has had new timing belt new cylinder and valves but still no compression in number one cylinder?
Check the Piston Ring.
What is the 350 Chevy number one cylinder and what is the number one on distributor cap?
Number one cylinder is located driver's side front of engine. With the # 1 piston at TDC on the compression stroke, the rotor will be pointing at #1 plug on cap.Number one cylinder is located driver's side front of engine. With the # 1 piston at TDC on the compression stroke, the rotor will be pointing at #1 plug on cap.
