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Re: Not good...

To: millerb@netusa1.net, triumphs@autox.team.net, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Not good...
From: Herald948@aol.com
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 20:59:21 EDT
In a message dated 7/15/2001 7:18:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
millerb@netusa1.net writes:


> 135 135 25 135 Dry
> 160 160 25 160 Wet
>
> MKII engine.  Unknown miles.
> Thought I'd share the misery.
>
> No wonder it misses out and feels like it's only running on 3 cylinders
> today.  Think maybe I'll get lucky and find only misadjusted valves on
> three?  :(
>
Probably not, if the numbers didn't change for that cylinder on a "wet" test.
I wouldn't be surprised to find a broken compression ring or two in the #3
cylinder. Or just MAYBE a bad head gasket (if you're really lucky)?

--Andy Mace

*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
  Triumph Herald engine with wings.
   -- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)

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