I believe that carbon buildup on the valves and or head could
cause high compression readings. However, since all the readings are
fairly close I wouldn't give it another thought.
Rob Rhodes Columbia, S.C.
72 B
On Wed, 31 Jul 1996 fisherk@gas.uug.arizona.edu wrote:
> As many of you know due to my recent posts I have recently acquired a
> 78' MGB. It had been sitting for 5 years and I have cleaned it up and
> re-built the carb. After hand cranking the engine to make sure it was
> lubed good and also spraying light oil in the intake manifold, I
> turned the key and it started right up. Last night I adjusted the
> autostart on the carb (thanx to Chris Delling for the book! Chris the
> check really is in the mail :) ) I did a compression test and I got
> these results Cly #1 158psi #2 160psi #3 160psi #4 160psi.
> According to the book the high compression is 160. I guess that this
> is really good. Does this mean that the engine is in good shape
> mechanically or is there something that could be wrong that could
> cause false readings? Thanx for all of the responses to my earlier
> posts! Ive decided to just buy a real alternator and fuel pump. Again
> thanX!
>
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> they were the worst too. The third ten million I didnt enjoy at all. After
> that I went into a bit of a decline."
> - Marvin reflecting back on his 576,000,003,579 year career as Milliways'
>car park attendent.
> Keith Fisher Fisherk@GAS.UUG.ARIZONA.EDU
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