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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 11:07 PM
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no compression

i have an 2000 f-250 5.4L the truck has had a intermitent skip for a couple months... but thought nothing of it as it was usually just a coil. 210,000 miles on it. Well tore into it tonight to figure which coil needed to be replaced and to find out the #4 cylinder has 0 compression... NOW WHAT???
 
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 11:08 PM
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should also add that the exhaust manifold on that side was leaking for a while and replaced that a few weeks ago.
 
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 09:59 AM
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first do the test again... maybe even with another gauge, if it's still zero then tearing into the motor should be considered. or even a new motor

with a code reader does it indicate that theres a missfire for cyl4?
 
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 11:39 AM
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no codes. But get this... after drinking a lot of beer last night we left it and now it is running fine!!! what the heck?
 
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 04:55 PM
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could be a bad cop your after as for the compresion check were was the mark on the crank hub when you did it?
 
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 05:01 PM
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no the cop is good... not sure about the mark on the crank. what does that the position have to do with testing the compression? (not being a dick, i am curious... just dont no how to word it different)
 
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Old Sep 28, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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I think he assumed you did a leakdown test.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2010 | 11:38 PM
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My 4.6 Intech (01 Lincoln Cont. W 155000 miles) lost compression on #6 cylinder and I pulled just that head and found a burned Exhaust valve.
 
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