2000 BMW 323i Cylinder compression

Me too.

While the numbers are low, they are relatively uniform, so the compression
should work out to be OK. It shows that the same mistake was followed all of
the way through the test, and this should level the results.




"JimV" > wrote in message
...
>I would retest it warm with the throttle wide open through several cycles.
>The fact that they were all close says it's probably OK to me.
>
> -jim
>
> Kyle and Lori Greene wrote:
>> "Greg via CarKB.com" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>the compression was fairly even but each was different all pretty close
>>>to
>>>90-100 psi. I did this on a cold engine and throttle closed. I did one
>>>complete test of the cylinders for about 20 seconds each and got the
>>>compression up to 130 but that was it. Thats why i was wondering what
>>>the
>>>compression should be. i had a friend thats a mechanic also do a
>>>compression check and he came up with the lower numbers. Thats great
>>>that
>>>there is finally a manual unfortunatly its not available for another few
>>>months but yes definetly worth the money. I talked to someone in service
>>>at BMW and they told me you could access a website that BMW has that is
>>>an
>>>online manual but its 25 bucks a day or a couple hundred for a week.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I believe compression should be at least 150 PSI with the throttle wide
>> open. You can get the manual online through Bentley Publishing
>> http://www.bentleypublishers.com/product.htm?code=by46 . It looks to be
>> available right now. Having the print version would be preferable, but
>> having access online is better than nothing and is cheaper than paying
>> BMW for access to the TIS. Actually, I find the TIS to be a good
>> supplement to the Bentley for my 97 M3, but not really as a stand alone
>> manual. It assumes in many tests that you have access to all of the
>> special tools and a GT1 or MoDic computer that the BMW dealers use.
>> There are usually several people selling copies to the TIS on eBay for
>> around $25 if you want one for yourself.
>>
>> Kyle.
>> 98 740iL
>> 97 M3