IndianaOpenWheel.com Sprint Car & Midget Racing Forum
Forgot Password?

Reply  Indiana Open Wheel > Indiana Open Wheel Forum > Can someone walk me through a cylinder leakdown? .
Thread Tools
3/26/09, 7:30 PM   #1
Can someone walk me through a cylinder leakdown? .
double duece
Posts: n/a
 

I plugged the hose into the #1 spark plug hole rolled the car til both int.&ex.we're closed plugged the gauge in ...and it went to 0, what did i do wrong?do i need a different gauge than the one i set the hi-speed and barrel valve with?:help:
 
3/26/09, 8:32 PM   #2
Re: Can someone walk me through a cylinder leakdown? .
TQ29m
TQ29m is online now
Senior Member

Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 6,558
 

You need to know that you are on TDC. It has to be, or when you start putting in the air, it'll either run over you, or back over you. If you can get someone to hold the brake, it makes it easier. Open the butterflys, so you can listen in the intake, as well as the exhaust, and take off one of your breathers, so you can tell where the air is leaking. If it hasn't been run for a while, there may be enough fuzz on the valves to hold them open, that's the reason to open up everything, so you can tell where it is leaking, even if it's only 5%, it's nice to know where!. If youre not getting any pressure on the line side of the gauge, listen to it, it may only be a "fuzzy" valve, which you can ck, by a light tap on the rocker, which ever is leaking. Some guys get worried at 20%, I worry at anything over 5%, but shouldn't, I won't tear one down to find it, but I'll watch it. Good luck! Bob
 
3/27/09, 10:00 PM   #3
Re: Can someone walk me through a cylinder leakdown? .
JGRacing
Posts: n/a
 

Just one little tip that is a help...if you are leaking down a motor with some time on it or even a new one put a piece of tape over the 3/5 and the 4/6 exhaust port when you do the one next to it and if the tape blows you have a bad head gasket. Just a little way to check the head gasket at the same time.:thumb you need to have the rockers backed off to do this though
_________________________________________________
Last edited by JGRacing; 3/27/09 at 10:02 PM.
 
Reply Indiana Open Wheel > Indiana Open Wheel Forum > Can someone walk me through a cylinder leakdown? .





All times are GMT -4. The time now is 6:19 PM.


Make IndianaOpenWheel.com your homepage
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
© 2005-2025 IndianaOpenWheel.com
Mobile VersionLinks: Dave Merritt - Chris Pedersen - Carey Fox - Carey Akin - Joe Bennett - Brandon Murray - Dave Roach - John DaDalt - Racin; With D.O. - Jackslash Media