E36 323i '97 engine compression test

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Racer75
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Post Tue Feb 18, 2014 7:57 pm

Hi all

Someone I know has a '97 323i (so it has a Nikasil block) which has done nearly 180,000 miles so really nothing wrong with the old M50.

We still would like to run a compression test and wondered what PSI numbers to look for. I assume 150 psi but thought it was best to double check.

Cheers