Used 2001 Miata SE purchase help
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Im new here and all advise would be happily welcome.
So I' picked up a used completely stock down to the tape player! 2001 Miata SE, It has a bunch of miles on it (179k) to be exact. It does not smoke,knock and other than a lifter tick that goes away right after start up, it drives very well.
Being as paranoid as possible I immediately pulled it into the garage for a compression test and this is what I got.
dry test engine warm, plugs,coils and fuel pump relay removed.
#1 150lb
#2 140lb
#3 145lb
#4 150lb
Wet test with half a tablespoon of oil.
#1 195lb
#2 190lb
#3 185lb
#4 195lb
my question is does the bottom end need to be rebuilt or just the top end?