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Subject: [Fwd: Rebuild question]
From: gbaker@customcpu.com (Baker, G.)
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:24:57 -0800
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Somebody's gonna have to explain "head compression" to me.
Gregg Baker

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From: "Dan Ray" <danray@bluegrass.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>, "Adrian Jones" <AdrianJones@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Rebuild question
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 20:03:26 -0500
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Don't go half-a** at this point -- full rebuild or you'll be sorry. You're
reading head compression, but if all the pressure is gone underneath and oil
is dripping into the bottom end and burning "into a blue haze"....then you
need an engine rebuild. I'm just an amateur, though.

Dan
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>Could I get by with fixing up the cylinder head and looking for leaks down
>below?  Or is it full time engine rebuild?  Oil pressure is very good so
>I'm kind of reluctant to attempt pulling the engine, etc, etc, etc.
>
>Advice much appreciated.  Adrian


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