FD Compression test in Toronto
 

Hi! I bought a 1993 FD last year and I love it.

I was interested in getting a compression test for reference, and I took it to a dealer (Westowne Mazda) who tried, but they realized they couldn't because their OBD1 tester hadn't been used in 5 years and it no longer worked. I called around and other dealers were in a similar situation. I looked on the forums here and most of the input was from over 5 years ago.

Any recommendations for getting a copmression test done? Where do people service their FDs around Toronto?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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If you're mechanically competent enough to change your own spark plugs, you can buy one of these babies and do the compression test yourself...

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The vendor is on this forum, look him up. He often runs discounts on these, typically costs about $285 (shipped in the US). Not sure if he ships to Canada but it wouldn't hurt to ask. BTW, I've been playing with rotaries since the mid-'80s and just bought one of these a few months ago - don't know how I lived without it, great tool, easy to use and quality construction.

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Thank you - will do!

Finally did my compression test using the Rotary Compression Tester. Super impressed with the product. High quality, worked exactly as expected, all great. I spent some time researching the process, and then it only took me an hour to do. For reference, this was the best instructional video I found.


Compression test results below.


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Good numbers, you should get lots of miles out of that motor!