Norbie: The engine is pretty tired, compression is 120psi even on all cylinders. Saying that, it has never let me down and still pulls quite well. Oil pressure is around 25-50kpa on idle and around 250-300 at 3800 rpm. Cold, it will idle at 400kpa. It doesn't blow smoke at all and uses no oil between services (every 5000km's) I know it wont repair the problem, but being Christmas, everybody is miserable and broke, including me!
Thu, 05 December 2002 03:00
Saying that, it has never let me down and still pulls quite well. Oil pressure is around 25-50kpa on idle and around 250-300 at 3800 rpm. Cold, it will idle at 400kpa. It doesn't blow smoke at all and uses no oil between services (every 5000km's) I know it wont repair the problem, but being Christmas, everybody is miserable and broke, including me! 
