Cylinder leakage test

[Kirk Morgan]

Will a gas ported piston and ring package leak the same as a conventional piston and ring package?

[Henrys Toy]

Originally Posted by Kirk Morgan

Will a gas ported piston and ring package leak the same as a conventional piston and ring package?

Good morning Kirk and to all,
Are you using a leak down tester to quantify this ? A cylinder pressure transducer would probably be the best choice to be sure. What dynamics that actually happens during combustion and the resulting pressures will be much different then we can simulate with a compressed air leak down tester.
The leak down testers vary for tester to tester, the various temperatures while the test is being done and other factors will lead to variation.
If you use the same leak down tester the same way, might give you a reasonable answer, but it will still vary.
If someone on here has a better solution for testing this, I hope you will chime in here.

Respectfully,
Henry Kunz 1534 H/SA

[Lenny5160_v2]

While not an answer to the question, when I use a leak-down tester I'm mainly looking for consistent results from all cylinders.

[Ralph A Powell]

You can also listen for intake and exhaust valve leakage. When I tested at TDC then I would let the piston roll over to BDC and with a long beaker bar pull the piston toward TDC and watch tester to see if it is holding pressure.

[Kirk Morgan]

Here is some detail to my findings. This is a Nitrous engine which was chirping out of the left bank after a run. Iam not a Nitrous person but a N/A engine person. Ran the valves all was good. Ran a compression test not good. The compression was a roller coaster from 200 PSI to 50 PSI. Un adjusted all the valves and removed the rocker arms. The 50 PSI was a exhaust valve leak with 80% leakage and the 200 PSI is 20% leakage. I have a cylinder leakage tester and they way i use it i turn the pressure on one side to 100PSI and read the other gauge to see how much leakage there is. To me the 20% leakage on the 200 PSI cylinder is to much i was always trying to get in the 10% or less leakage range on engines i have built. I have never built a engine with gas ported pistons. BTW i always spin the engine over 5 revolutions when checking static compression.
Thanks