Hey guys, My car has been running rough for yonks now. (As far as i know it has been doing it for years) It has a rough idle, when you try just coast it pulls forward .. kinda like it has a cam Anyway i found a piece of paper in my car from the mechanic last year (Before i owned it) And it shows the compression test results on there 1-175 2-165 3-150 4-175 5-140 6-160 And the mechanic wrote "Needs Reco heads to get running O/K" Does this mean if i did the heads it should run good again? Worried that the mechanic could of just been "Hitting them up" for some more money. i really want to get my car running good again, but this is going to be expensive.
So i should do the heads or not D: The idle is pretty bad and i imagine its running worse then it did last year (Compression wise)
You've got to determine of the lower compression in cylinder 5 is due to the rings or valves. To do this you need to repeat the compression test and put some oil into the cylinder first. If the compression goes up a lot it's usually the rings that are leaking so reconditioned heads will not fix it.
