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#43944 01/06/2003 3:12 AM | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3 | My 1962 235 in my 1953 GMC PU has a miss in it, we ran a compression check, every cylinder but # 4 reads between 105 and 115#s. The #4 doesn't read anything, and we suspect a burned exhaust valve. My question is, is the 105 to 115#s of compression on the rest of the cylinders in the normal range? This motor is supposed to have only 20,000 miles on a rering, so I don't want to ring it again if the compression is in line. | | |
#43945 01/06/2003 4:37 PM | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 | Pressure isn't to bad. What you need to do is pull the head and see what the problem is. Check the cylinder walls for scratches and use a hole gauge to check for concentricity. Another problem could be a hole in the piston. In my experience, a burnt valve, unless it is really warped, will still hold some pressure. Can you hear it out the exhaust or through the crankcase?
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#43946 01/07/2003 1:50 AM | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3 | Hi, thanks for the answer, I just reposted, I couldn't find my question from last night. I hear it out of the exhaust, and the po told me he thought it had a bad exhaust valve. I am going to pull the head this weekend, and will know more. | | |
#43947 01/07/2003 8:04 AM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | I`ll bet you find a chunk missing out of one of your exhaust valves 
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#43948 01/07/2003 12:18 PM | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,890 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,890 | Good Luck Blue Thunder... and be careful with that head, I pulled a '57 235 head with my pop and that thing had some weight to it.  -W | | |
#43949 01/07/2003 5:20 PM | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 29 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 29 | I just had a similar problem and I found the exhaust valve in cylinder #6 had sunk into the head. This caused me to have no compression in cyl. 6. The machine shop installed new hardened valve seats and the usual work to clean up everything. I am almost done reassembling the head. I'll let ya know how everything works afterward--It is supposed to work, right???-he,he!
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#43950 01/07/2003 6:11 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 208 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 208 | Blue, before you pull the head, check to make sure it isn't a valve stuck open.
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