... and everything was perfect.

Cylinder 1 - 240 psi
Cylinder 2 - 235 psi
Cylinder 3 - 230 psi
Cylinder 4 - 237 psi

However, I had a hard time pulling out the spark plug in the No.4 Cylinder. When I got it out, I took a look at it and it looked a little burnt and there seemed to be some carbon build up or something. I checked the gap and it was pretty far out of spec. It was at .020 and it needed to be up around the .040 range.

I checked around to find some new NGK spark plugs, the same ones that come in the car from the factory, but I couldn't find any.

So, for now, I just filed down some of the deposits from the spark plug and re-gapped it. The ticking that I had been hearing for a while is now quieter but I'm still gonna change out the spark plug when I get a chance.

Anyway, I'm really happy now. Not just that my compression checked out fine but I'm also happy because I always get a sense of accomplishment when I work on my car... It's a great feeling.

Alright, sorry for the long write-up. That's all.

 

nice, you should be able to use any plug in the same heat range as stock.

i love that feeling

and you missed out last night, it was a lot of fun. nick and adrian have some weird records though

 

Yeah, that's true... I don't know what the heat range of the stock plugs are though. hmm... Maybe I can find it.

Did Nick bring his DJ equipment over last night or something?

 

think its heat range 9 because 1 step colder is 8 (dont quote me) =)

 

My car is an 01 and a couple years after i got the car, there was a recall on the cars sparkplugs. The ones in the manuals are wrong. They were suppose to update my book after the recall but I dont think they ever did.

 

Yeah, the recall was performed on my car already. It's very possible that this happened when my cylinder head was replaced.

 

Why did they replace your cyl head?

 

This is why ---> CLICK!! There are a couple pics about seven posts from the bottom.

 

Here's a couple pics of the bad spark plug.