Fucked up Compression Test

[sjsotelo]

So I drove to my buddy’s house to do a compression check.

Came back (1 – 184) (2 – 184) (3 – 195) (4 – 191)

Anyway… somehow the adaptor for the compressor came off of the compression gauge checking (pos) and got stock in piston 1…. We screwed it down by hand using the hose. Tested it, and then unscrewed it and moved onto the other ones. Only after the engine cooled down a lot, we realized the adapter never came out of the engine.

The engine cooled down on the adapter making it so we couldn’t get it out. So pretty much fucked, we put some lock tight on the hose, screwed it back onto the adapter and put some lock tight on it… then nothing happened. Now the hose is just spinning, we shot some pb blaster down there, still nothing.

No way to get to the bare metal of the adapter, I can rip out the hose but don’t know what good that will do me.

Basically I’m just trying to figure out if there is any possible way to get it unscrewed without having to take the head off.

[Lude-icious!]

glue the bitch back in with JB weld...and then unscrew it...the only thing I can think of

[sjsotelo]

I think there is a bunch of PB blaster down there, its not going to stick to it probbly...

[BLK92_D16]

Torch it somehow to heat it back up?

[sjsotelo]

If i heat up the adapter with a heat gun.... would the adapter just swell up and make it even tighter? or do you think it will break lose more?

[mikeD16Z6]

try a pair of realllllly long needle nose pliers

[pimpindistress]

wow thats crazy i would try the really long needle nose pliers , sounds like your onlt option , maybe some needle nose vise grips can get in there , take the valve cover off should give you a little more room good luck !

[The_Acid_Beaver]

What engine is this on?

[Mixelplix]

Yeah, I'd take the valve cover off, and then grab it with something.

You threaded it by hand.. you should be able to get it off with some tools, if you can get them down there.

-Des!

[Arachnid]

what i do is take a flat and hammer that fucker in and turn. never should've used the adapter in the first place. learned the hard way.

[sjsotelo]

its a y7 engine, yeah but now the freakin hose is in there bc we lock tighted that into the adapter to get it out, b/c it was just unscrewing every time... damn it lol. i might go to sears or something and see if i can get anything.

[Mixelplix]

So now the hose is locktighted to the adapter and you still can't get it out?

-Des!

[" Low "]

take off valve cover, remove spark plug tube...

remove adapter, put tube back in, valve cover back on, tighten, reinstall spark plugs, put wires in proper place, test fire...

then come back inside, and thank me and send me a blunt....:TU:

[CrazyConscious]

I thought the spark plug tubes were part of the casting?

[" Low "]

ionno i have heard talk they are just pressed in....?

[Arachnid]

vise grip the compression tester tube and twist off.

[Mixelplix]

ionno i have heard talk they are just pressed in....?

They're pressed in on the Z6. I'm sure of that.

-Des!

[GasSaverHX]

try hammering a screwdriver into the hole of that adapter, just make sure it's nice and tight before turning. this has happened to me before, so after i got the adapter out, i just cut a slit in it with a dremel for easier removal later on.

[sjsotelo]

Is it safe to warm the engine up with only 3 cylinder going? Hoping warming it up might losen it. Or would it hurt my engine?

[pimpindistress]

it prolly wouldnt hurt anything just let it idle till it warm its gonna miss pretty bad though

[tomato_racing]

try a pair of realllllly long needle nose pliers




same thing happened to me.... NAPA had some long ass needle nose for like $22. I was stuck so I bought them and had that bitch out in 10 of playin with it :-/

[hatchnthoughts]

Is it safe to warm the engine up with only 3 cylinder going? Hoping warming it up might losen it. Or would it hurt my engine?

make sure fuel is cut off on that cylinder...

[konigcivic]

Is it safe to warm the engine up with only 3 cylinder going? Hoping warming it up might losen it. Or would it hurt my engine?

dont do that.

get the fucking thing out before you start it. there is a few good ideas in this thread already.

good luck