Thread: 4A-GE MK1 Engine Bad, bad, bad, news
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Old 12-18-2008, 12:28 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Papo J View Post
From what I know, if you have bad compression it is not going to fix itself and it won't be intermittent. If it's low it will stay low. It sounds like you have either bad ignition wires or a vacuum leak before the AFM. Does the check engine light come on when it misses and bogges down like that?
Actually low compression can be intermittent. If it's a gap in the cylinder rings rather than something related to the valves it's possible that oil is filling the gap and allowing good enough compression for it to run reasonably well.

That being said, I'm with tjmr2 in suggesting that you consider doing a leakdown test.

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