2nd Generation Specific (1986-1992) 1986-1992 Discussion including performance modifications and technical support sections.
Sponsored by:

learn something from a newbie

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 08-07-04, 04:44 PM
  #1  
Junior Member

Thread Starter
 
phreestyleking's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dayton Ohio
Posts: 33
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Wink learn something from a newbie

a mazda rotary compresion tester cost $1500 yes thats fiveteen hundred dollars a piston comp tester $25. mazda does its comp test at 3000 rpms does that tell u something and it only cost $60.
Old 08-07-04, 05:15 PM
  #2  
Senior Member

 
Tiers's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Victoria, BC
Posts: 350
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
uh ok ? Boy u sure learned me.
Old 08-07-04, 06:04 PM
  #3  
Admitted 'rexaholic'

 
mwpayne's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Seymour, TN
Posts: 2,218
Received 19 Likes on 18 Posts
YEEEAAH, Doggies..listen to that boy cipher!
Old 08-07-04, 06:11 PM
  #4  
Banned. I got OWNED!!!
 
DerangedHermit's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Knoxville, TN 37916
Posts: 2,040
Likes: 0
Received 5 Likes on 2 Posts
What exactly am I supposed to learn from this, besides the price of a Mazda Compression Tester?
Old 08-07-04, 06:35 PM
  #5  
Senior Member

 
piscorpio's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: IL
Posts: 304
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
I don't get it...oh wait, I see....no, I still don't get it.
Old 08-07-04, 08:05 PM
  #6  
Junior Member

Thread Starter
 
phreestyleking's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dayton Ohio
Posts: 33
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Wink

Originally Posted by piscorpio
I don't get it...oh wait, I see....no, I still don't get it.
um lets see first u learned how to be rude second that a piston comp tester will tell u natta.
Old 08-07-04, 08:07 PM
  #7  
Banned. I got OWNED!!!
 
DerangedHermit's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Knoxville, TN 37916
Posts: 2,040
Likes: 0
Received 5 Likes on 2 Posts
The information you gave says nothing about the piston tester sucking...
Old 08-07-04, 08:09 PM
  #8  
SEMI-PRO

iTrader: (2)
 
ZoomZoom's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 2,865
Received 36 Likes on 31 Posts
We will stop being Rude when you Stop being an Idiot.
Old 08-07-04, 08:14 PM
  #9  
Part-time Sancho

 
Gremlin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South Austin
Posts: 359
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by phreestyleking
$1500 yes thats fiveteen hundred dollars
Right.

Originally Posted by phreestyleking
will tell u natta.
....natta whole lot of important info in this thread
Old 08-07-04, 08:25 PM
  #10  
Open up! Search Warrant!

 
Project84's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Kicking down doors in a neighborhood near you
Posts: 3,838
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts


Its Fifteen, not fiveteen.

Last edited by Project84; 08-07-04 at 08:27 PM.
Old 08-07-04, 08:29 PM
  #11  
Senior Member

 
ECKO1980's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Seattle
Posts: 555
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
it will tell you that a normal compression tester WILL NOT give you any sort of accurate reading on you rotary engine and that any one trying to figure out there compression should stop being a cheep *** and get it done at the dealership accuratly
Old 08-07-04, 09:12 PM
  #12  
Senior Member

 
Tiers's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Victoria, BC
Posts: 350
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
right ...ok...if I want an accurate compression test, like to include in selling my vehicle or something technical, I agree Only the Mazda test will give an accurate reading, BUT, if I am just testing to find a problem and see if I have 3 even bounces and an approx of the reading then a boinger comp testor is just fine for 25$ or whatever(actually had one in my garage for years). People have been doing it this way for 20+ years on RX7's to check for blown apex seals.
I do sort of understand your post now but you learned me nuttin I didnt know.

(I am sick today so also apoligize if I have sounded rather bitchy hehehe)
Old 08-07-04, 09:19 PM
  #13  
The end of an era

iTrader: (4)
 
Andrew.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Riverside, CA
Posts: 4,717
Received 6 Likes on 4 Posts
Another new thing: RX7's have rotary engines
Old 08-07-04, 09:27 PM
  #14  
Jesus is the Messiah

 
Tofuball's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Posts: 4,848
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
A regular piston compression checker with the shrader valve removed is a fantastic compression tester if you use it right. The mazda one isnt nessisarily more accurate, it just 'remembers' each seperate compression 'stroke' individually. A regular compression tester is fine and accurate.
Old 08-07-04, 09:54 PM
  #15  
Senior Member

 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
Posts: 302
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by Project84


Its Fifteen, not fiveteen.

ahahahaahahahaha ****** hilarious ... props
Old 08-07-04, 10:55 PM
  #16  
Senior Member

iTrader: (-1)
 
87na's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Phx, Arizona
Posts: 328
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
i actually feel dumber from reading this
Old 08-07-04, 11:02 PM
  #17  
i am legendary

 
ddub's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Kirkland, WA
Posts: 8,478
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
First, the piston tester works you just have to know how to use it. Second, your post didn't make any sense, learn to explain better. Third, who goes to the dealership for a compression test?
Old 08-07-04, 11:09 PM
  #18  
Exhaust leak

 
version13's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 701
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by Project84


Its Fifteen, not fiveteen.
It's "it's" not 'its'.
Old 08-07-04, 11:11 PM
  #19  
2 Rotors, 1 Turbo

 
MidnightOwl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 1,099
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Man, I need to take a nap, Rx-7's have rotary engines?!?!?! *gasp*
Old 08-07-04, 11:14 PM
  #20  
Open up! Search Warrant!

 
Project84's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Kicking down doors in a neighborhood near you
Posts: 3,838
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
Originally Posted by version13
It's "it's" not 'its'.
I know, but the apostrophe button on my keyboard is broken.
Old 08-07-04, 11:58 PM
  #21  
Custom User Title

 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: nebraska
Posts: 235
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Im in no way trying to be a dick, but how is a mazda compression test able to test at 3000rpms? I guess Im not sure how a mazda tester work.
Old 08-08-04, 01:14 AM
  #22  
Senior Member

iTrader: (2)
 
CrossfireCurt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Albany, NY
Posts: 426
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by version13
It's "it's" not 'its'.
... single quotations are used ONLY when quoting something inside another quote, buddy.
Your post should have been:
It's "it's", not "its".
Old 08-08-04, 01:22 AM
  #23  
Rotodeus

iTrader: (2)
 
zjbarra's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Gresham, OR
Posts: 1,704
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
I think all we are learning on this thread is that people using this forum have bad grammar.
Old 08-08-04, 02:31 AM
  #24  
Senior Member

iTrader: (-1)
 
87na's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Phx, Arizona
Posts: 328
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
yea thats what i was confused about, rotary resurrection says you can use a regular comp tester
Old 08-08-04, 03:52 PM
  #25  
Junior Member

Thread Starter
 
phreestyleking's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dayton Ohio
Posts: 33
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
sorry guys i didnt mean to give out any advice i guess ill shut up and listen, and AdAm87TuRbO2 you must not work on cars very much if u dont think u can take out a spark plug and still run your car!


Quick Reply: learn something from a newbie



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:44 AM.