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Subject: Compression
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 06:01:30 +0100
In article <005c01c0c092$ebd336e0$0200000a@shack>, BillG
<wrgingerich@qwest.net> writes

>BTW, after running the engine for about an hour the compression numbers are
>125, 120, 120, 10.  Oil in the cylinder doesn't help.  Me thinks I have a
>valve problem.

What should the numbers be?   My mechanic tells me that my compression
figures are now "all right" at 155/160/165/155 (this is the 1500 High
Compression engine).   Previously one cylinder was giving zero - and it
was an electrical problem.

ATB
Mike
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Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea,"
published by Greenhill Books on 28th March, 2001:
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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