Scotty72 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Anyone local to Nottingham got a compression tester I can borrow? If not, can you recommend a decent one that's not too expensive. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Is it for an S2000, I only ask, as they’re quite deep set spark plugs, so it would need to be reasonably long reach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty72 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary Yes it is for an S2000. Can you recommend one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Never tried mine on the Honda! (Won’t get a chance to till next week either, I’m afraid). Mine was OK on the deep set XE plugs on my previous engine, so I suspect might be a alright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Frankland (T3OMF) Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I used one of these on my S2000 engine https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cht693-8-piece-compression-tester-kit/ Did the job fine, you need to have the throttle wide open when you do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty72 Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Tom (T3OMF) - Cotswolds AO said: I used one of these on my S2000 engine https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cht693-8-piece-compression-tester-kit/ Did the job fine, you need to have the throttle wide open when you do it How do you get in to tighten it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 It's tricky to get the hose to screw in square and you don't want to strip the threads in the head I just tightened it by hand as best I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Little (Trevturtle) - Treasurer Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I'm in Derby..I have one you can borrow.....or drive over and we can check it 'while you wait' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty72 Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 2 hours ago, Trevturtle said: I'm in Derby..I have one you can borrow.....or drive over and we can check it 'while you wait' Cheers. I'll take you up on that offer When is convenient for me to pop over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc4176 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Is it worth checking and adjusting the valve clearances first before you do a compression check Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty72 Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 1 hour ago, rjc4176 said: Is it worth checking and adjusting the valve clearances first before you do a compression check Possibly, that's a bit beyond my capabilities though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 It's fairly easy. See attached. valve clearance.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Little (Trevturtle) - Treasurer Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 23 hours ago, Scotty72 said: Cheers. I'll take you up on that offer When is convenient for me to pop over? Does next Saturday work for you?.... we can move if it's raining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrustyjust Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 19 hours ago, IanK (Bagpuss) said: It's fairly easy. See attached. valve clearance.pdf I can confirm on it not being difficult, but you will need bent feelers for the inlet ones as its a real ball ache to get round the inlet manifold. If I had thought about it, I should have done it before putting in the car as would be a so much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 1 hour ago, Thrustyjust said: I can confirm on it not being difficult, but you will need bent feelers for the inlet ones as its a real ball ache to get round the inlet manifold. If I had thought about it, I should have done it before putting in the car as would be a so much easier. Didn’t ‘operation yewtree’ Lock up all the Bent Feelers I now recall I did mine with the engine on a stand with no manifolds so didn’t have this issue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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