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| | Forums66 Topics126,776 Posts1,039,271 Members48,100 | Most Online2,175 Jul 21st, 2025 | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | Put some air pressure to the #2 cylinder with the piston on top of the stroke with both valves closed. Be sure the valves have the proper clearance first. Put the transmission in high gear and either set the parking brake or chock the wheels front and rear. Listen at the carburetor, tailipipe, and oil filler to see where the pressure is escaping. Bottom line- - - -you're going to need either a re-ring or a valve job, or maybe both. Compression that low is virtually always the result of broken rings or burnt or sticky valves. No amount of tuning is going to fix a low compression situation. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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