3sgte died..., Cut out on me...?? Options

[Celica_At_GT]

Well here is a little history first (since haven't posted on this board much - use to a lot on cnet (celica.net) back in the day though....

I had done a 3sgte engine swap and had a buddy do all the wiring for me (about 3 years ago). After finishing the mechanical stuff and putting th engine in, I found out the wiring was hosed. I took it to a shop to get it looked at and they put a microtech standalone ecu in it.

I finally got it running and it ran great for about 2 hours of usage and then just died on me. I haven't been able to restart it since then (but haven't been working on it too much)...

The pistons all seem to have really low compression (all around 90-100 psi). I am wondering if
1. what the compression should be.
2. if it is low, why is it low on all of the cylinders - does this mean the head gasket may have been put on wrong?? What could this imply?

Thanks for any assistance.
Ben

[zipstrips]

why didnt you go back to the shop that installed the standalone ECU and let them fix it. sounds to me llike something is not right there

[Celica_At_GT]

why didnt you go back to the shop that installed the standalone ECU and let them fix it. sounds to me llike something is not right there

Zipstrips,
They went out of business...so they aren't really returning calls. I've gotten most of my money back, besides the dealer cost of some of the parts (like stand alone...)



I redid the test and i was 90 on all of the pistons except number 4 had 60. These seem WAY to low to me. I then put a cap full of oil in each piston and waited a couple of minutes and the readings jumped up to 120....Guess that means the piston rings or bore is causing the problems, right?