87 300D low compression on one cylinder, what to do?
The car is missing at idle and at stop light otherwise it drives smooth with a lot of power on the freeway. I check the injectors and they are all good. I check the compression and there is bad news. All cylinders read 340-360psi when hot except cylinder 3.
Cyl 3 = 150psi.
The car does not smoke, fuel burns clean ( no black smoke at idle or at speed ) and drives well. The only issue is missing at idle on occasions. It does not seem to miss at high speed. What shall I do? Keeping driving it? What is the downside of doing nothing? Or shall I overhaul the engine?
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