3-cylinder
#1
3-cylinder
i was driving on the turnpike the other day racing and i was going 125 at about 5000 rpm's and since i was ahead by alot i let off the gas and got off the turnpike to pay my toll and i noticed that my car was running funny so i went home and got out it sounded like a dirt bike. so i took out the spark plugs and 1 of them was melted preety bad and now it runs on 3-cylinders. the one with the problem has 0 compression and the other 3 had a compression reading of 120. i heard no noise b/c i have no radio in the car. anybody ever heard of this before?
#4
RE: 3-cylinder
you could have melted a pistin at worst, ruined your valves at medium, or blown the head gasket (unlikely because of the melted sparkplug) at best. 0 compression means its shot and you need an engine rebuild. At 120psi for the rest you are at the service limit anyway, thats pretty low, my gsx runs about 170psi across and most people average 155-175
#10
RE: 3-cylinder
the car has 133k miles on it and the guy who i bought it from said that they had rebuilt it from the bottom up about 10k miles ago. i wasn't at 5k for long, maybe a second or two and when i felt something wrong i let off the gas. i usually try not to beat on it but it happens. if i did melt a piston, which brand should i go with?