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I spent a few days looking for the values for the cylinder compression test figures for my 1995 Classic Range Rover 4.2 with 8.94:1 compression ratio but there was no info. Even the factory repair manual levels out the info for the 4.2 engine. A few years ago I spent the day at the Rover factory in Birmingham UK on tour and drive event, I remember the gentleman who ran this department was a retired engineer for Range Rover. I was able to get hold of him by email and he responded with the following info:
Hello Scot,
Nicky tells me you are having problems finding the cylinder pressures for your V8 4.2 L. Well guess what, so am I. I can find the pressures for a 3.9L ( Both comp ratios) but not the 4.2L.
So what I have done is to extrapolate the info from the 3.9L into the 4.2L and it looks like this:-
3.9L (8.13:1 ratio) Cyl Pressures should be 150/160 psi.
3.9L (9.35:1 ratio) Cyl Pressures should be 170/180 psi
Extrapolating from the above 4.2L (8.94:1 ratio) Cyl Pressures should be 165/175 psi
Hello Scot,
Nicky tells me you are having problems finding the cylinder pressures for your V8 4.2 L. Well guess what, so am I. I can find the pressures for a 3.9L ( Both comp ratios) but not the 4.2L.
So what I have done is to extrapolate the info from the 3.9L into the 4.2L and it looks like this:-
3.9L (8.13:1 ratio) Cyl Pressures should be 150/160 psi.
3.9L (9.35:1 ratio) Cyl Pressures should be 170/180 psi
Extrapolating from the above 4.2L (8.94:1 ratio) Cyl Pressures should be 165/175 psi