i'd be more concerned about electical components and wiring.
----- Original Message -----
From: "RICHARD BOES" <csrb7007@msn.com>
To: "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 4:54 PM
Subject: Leak-Down Vs Compression
> On our ongoing rehab of a '79 B which sat for 5 years, compression
tests-dry
> (155-170) & wet (175-195), we pulled the engine & gearbox in order to prep
> engine box for painting. I talked with a restoration shop today and the
owner
> asked why we weren't overhauling the engine. I told him of the
compression
> tests and he then told of the leak down test and engines, sitting for
extended
> periods, have gone T/U shortly after steady operation.
>
> I've performed leak-down tests on marine diesels but never a gas engine.
As
> another point is that we had the engine running before pulling it.
>
> Anybody have any experience/advice with this situation?
>
> Thanks,
> Dick Boes
> Stafford, VA
> '79 B
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