[T3] One cylinder dead-not firing-#3

[B Fye]

Having a mechanic add new pistons/rings/heads should be less than 1200!

Brian Fye

> On Jan 21, 2014, at 3:00 PM, "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 21 Jan 2014 at 16:31, John L. Morgan IV wrote:
>> 
>> valve three has 0 compression after a compression test. estimate was
>> $1200 for a valve job, but not recommended on an old engine. could it be
>> getting 0 compression if a simple injector cable is bad? 
> 
> Nothing FI related will make the compression go to zero.
> 
> It would be really unusual to be getting ZERO compression. There's 
> usually something there. And $1200 for a valve job sounds extreme. Is 
> this from the same mechanic that you took it to before?
> 
> I'd get a second estimate. 
> 
> How willing and able are you to do some of the work yourself? If the 
> compression is truly zero, the left head must be destroyed. You 
> should be able to buy a new head, complete, for 1/4 of that price and 
> put it in yourself, but that's a fair amount of work if you've never  
> done any of this before. If you've got head studs pulling out of the 
> case, then you're in for a complete engine rebuild to fix this.
> 
> If you shop for a new head (or a good used one) make sure you get one 
> with the threaded boss for the temp sensor.
> 
> If the guy just didn't get the compression gauge in there correctly, 
> which can happen, especially on #3, then the real news could be much 
> better.
> 
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