Compression testing the white whale (98 legacy 2.2L)
 

Car smelled like gas during start up. Didn't run 100% while cruising. I did plugs/wires/coil recently, so I figured it's either a bad injector, or bad compression.

Easiest thing to test is compression.

Cylinders 2, 3, 4:
http://i.imgur.com/AT1nyDAl.jpg

Great!

Cylinder 1:
http://i.imgur.com/YsPlcUQl.jpg

****.

I drop a little bit of oil in the cylinder
http://i.imgur.com/OLyer7ol.jpg

my reaction:
https://img.ifcdn.com/images/1ae0f85...79d8080f_1.jpg


So I said **** it. I ran Motor Medic through the car twice, and put a drop in the cylinder.

I didn't take a picture, but now its squeezing ~174psi!!!!!! Car runs much better.... now...

taking bets on how long it'll last :bertstare:

You suck at pics

:cry:

Hopefully long enough to sell or trade in

neva eva! this one is the winter beater and the hauler... my dad has taken the dakota hostage :nick:

Pictures after the first and before sonic aren't showing up. I assume it's bad...

damn google photos. hold on.

try again plz

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this a common issue with Subbies?

Caulk it and float it across the Raritan River. If you do it at the Duke meet I'll cook you an extra burger.

:kneeslap:

Not the 2.2. Usually the bodies rust out from under the 2.2. ALso, its cylinder 4 that's usually the failure on the turbo motors haha. it is probably not ringland failure, just weak rings or maybe it was frozen and I freeeeeeeeeed it! Ringland failures are common on the turbo subies

hahahaha

drove it 150 miles. cylinder 1 at 164ish.

I am a master tech!!!!!!

Add Slick 50 next.

I tossed in a bottle of this. I'll do Slick 50 next oil change, I forgot about that stuff.

I was being sarcastic about the Slick Fitty

Motor isn't worth anything :lol: worst that happens? spin a bearing? if rings are shot motor is going in the garbage anyway lol. if a magic trick in the oil works then yay, if not, new motor haha

Just pissing money away on it 'tis all.

True. I'm a gambler so it's natural for me to try to spend $10 to save myself a motor swap:lol:

still running strong!

I just thought about everything I did to this wagon, maybe I'll post my "build thread" from the subaru leggy forums here to show you guys how kewl non-vaping-ringland-eating subarus are!