Bad compression, or something else?
Posted: April 20th, 2006, 11:47 am
Had compression tested and it ran in at 140, 135, 95, 140. Sooo not so hot.
Even with the bad compression.. the car still could haul some a--. and idle sounded pretty smooth.
Drove the car to montreal and back.. put about 1300 kms on it and now the car engine sounds like a motorcycle. *put put put put* puttering when idleing. and when i accellerate the car it really growls loud like a muscle car.. its embarresing because people on the street are starting to look at me.
Now.. I know my clutch to be almost toast as well.. and it slips a lot so im guessing either my road trip to montreal killed the clutch even furthur so that its causing the growling noises. or i worsened my compression to the point where im noticing a big loss in power and causing the loud growling noises.. or its a combination of the two.
Im not very mechanically inclined and at the moment only have enough cash to get this clutch replaced. What should my course of action be?
Have I diagnosed the problem correctly? your thoughts?
Even with the bad compression.. the car still could haul some a--. and idle sounded pretty smooth.
Drove the car to montreal and back.. put about 1300 kms on it and now the car engine sounds like a motorcycle. *put put put put* puttering when idleing. and when i accellerate the car it really growls loud like a muscle car.. its embarresing because people on the street are starting to look at me.
Now.. I know my clutch to be almost toast as well.. and it slips a lot so im guessing either my road trip to montreal killed the clutch even furthur so that its causing the growling noises. or i worsened my compression to the point where im noticing a big loss in power and causing the loud growling noises.. or its a combination of the two.
Im not very mechanically inclined and at the moment only have enough cash to get this clutch replaced. What should my course of action be?
Have I diagnosed the problem correctly? your thoughts?