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Originally Posted by CdnVWJunkie
My hot water pressure washer is out of commission right now. The SDL has been partially parted out so it's missing bits and pieces otherwise I'd run it to the local car wash. I got some funny looks driving it down the road today  I'm not sure how well the engine was maintained because the rest of the mechanicals and body are pretty tatty, an example would be 3 control arms have been backyard welded. I think that it might not hurt to do a compression check on the engine before I get to far into the swap. |
Yeah a compression test and a leakdown test would be a good idea, addressing any running issues that you can before the swap could help avoid finding out you swapped a bad engine for a not so bad engine! Things like injectors, timimg chain, injection timing, valve seals can all be done prior to the swap to ascertain what the actual running condition the engine is in. allowing it to run for a couple hours would be an advantage as would driving it a few would. Good Luck!