Thanks Roman yes I've found that function now.

I'm not using PicoScope anywhere as near as should be so will probably tell people why I'm asking this question. My own car started to become difficult to start a few weeks ago and gradually got worse. Over the last couple of days misfiring and smoke from the exhaust tailpipe were present. As the en...

Thanks, but at the moment I haven't got an old spare injector to do that with. I was looking at the Pico TA323 and thinking should I take a heater plug out, but then looked at my old compression test kit and can see they are similar if not the same as Pico TA323. So I started to try and see what wou...

Thanks for the replies. $700 might be a little out the price range though for a single job! What I've thought about is having a die made similar to the injector intself and using that to make a compression reading. My neighbour is a tooling engineer and advised he can make me one. I'm going to go wi...

No its the worry about plugs breaking when being removed. Some plugs are carboned in and difficult to remove.Sometimes access is also questionable. These plugs on this model are down the rear side of the cylinder head. If one were to break it could end up major surgary that I'd rather avoid if possi...

Okay I'm looking for what might not be available? I'm presently looking at a Kia Carens 1700 direct injection diesel engine. Technology has moved on somewhat since I bought my diesel compression tester kit. Is there anyone who might know of a manufacturer that makes a direct injection diesel compres...

Car came in running but the customer advised that the engine cut out when hot after a run. Initially I did not have that information which was later given to me from the boss. After taking the car for an extended road test the engine did cut out and has never restarted. The engine cranks okay but th...

A10xep is a fancy version

Possibly so but tests on this engine after the chain slipping and finding the cam timing up to 90 degrees out of spec has shown that the valves/pistons have not made contact with each other. Maybe it was just luck or something to do with the 60 degrees crank throw?

Just to update the thread... The engine is a none interference engine in which the possibility of valves/pistons contact is most unlikely. The crank journal for cylinder one when timing the engine ideally is best done by removing cylinder one spark plug and ensuring that the piston is at TDC. the cr...

My coleague is working on a A10 XEP three cylinder Corsa D. the valve timing jumped. Some years back AD used to advise if the engines were interference or not. I assume they are, could somebody confirm this for me please!