Taking an engine compression test is sort of like checking your car's blood pressure. It's a quick and painless procedure ...

Last month we acquainted you with a few unique procedures for using conventional tune-up devices—such as a vacuum gauge, timing light and electrical analyzer—for evaluating the efficiency and ...

Compression: An automotive term used by everybody, forever. Let's get into some detail and maybe develop a better understanding. Pressure, and more pressure: It's a must-have to produce power within ...

If your vehicle has been running roughly or seems to be losing power, it's possible that there's a lack of pressure in one or more of the cylinders. Without enough pressure, the fuel/air mixture doesn ...

Horsepower and torque are all about cylinder pressure. Compression ratio, cam timing, cylinder head flow, and all the rest of the goodies that go into an engine aren't worth much if what enters the ...

Compression in a diesel engine is essential for effective and efficient performance. And when compression is lacking, damage can result. That is why it’s imperative to know whether your engine’s ...

To help detect and pinpoint faults in ailing motors there are various aids, such as warning lights on the dash and on-board diagnostics. But there are a couple of simple tests that give us a pretty ...

I'm new to doing compression test, so here is what I've done so far. I warmed my car up, disconnected the coil pack wires, put a block on the throttle to hold it open - and then performed a dry test, ...