Bought a car with 165, 162, 163, 164, and was not acceptable. It runs
but not acceptable. Bought another with 184, 185, 186, 182 and was
acceptable.

Try a leak down test?
Rick

> I did a compression test on a '97 CRV the other day. 70,000 km. (I'm
> thinking of buying it)
>
> The engine was warmed up, but because of a very weak battery I think the
> compression test may be invalid. With PSI values of 85, 85, 80, 85, I
> think I wasted my time. We made sure it 'pumped' six times for each
> cylinder.
>
> Anybody know what are the compression test values for the original CRV's
> are supposed to be? Thanks.
>
>
>
> 'Curly'