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Compression test on XE Red Top
Pants On Fire - 17/3/08 at 04:12 PM

Can anyone tell me what sort of psi I should be getting per pot on my XE?

I've google'd and checked the Haynes manual no joy.


02GF74 - 17/3/08 at 04:54 PM

approx CR * 14 psi allowing for some inneficiicney of cylinder filling at low rpm.

will see if I can find someting out but seem to rememebr most values tend to be in range 150-180 psi.


Pants On Fire - 17/3/08 at 05:21 PM

Thanks. I had a figure of 165 psi in my head as an approximation.

Did a track day Saturday and burnt rather a lot of oily stuff, hope it's guides or a valve rather than glazing or rings


alistairolsen - 17/3/08 at 05:30 PM

make sure theyre all even and around 12 bar *ish* its not an exact science tbh,and every tester is different, as are starter motors etc. Most important is that they are even