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Yes. I am thinking of borrow inch another one to just be sure.


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What is the "wet" compression reading for each cylinder?
Jerry


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I didn't bother to do one with the low numbers. I will give it try when I get back out there Sunday.


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First, get a good compression gauge. Then, stop skipping steps and do the whole series of tests that have been accepted for a century or more. Jumping to conclusions with inadequate information is a recipie for disaster.
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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