Good point, but I'd still pull the head before I pulled the engine. just in
case.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael D. Porter [mailto:mporter@zianet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:02 PM
> To: Michael Marr
> Cc: Ronnie Babbitt; Triumphs
> Subject: Re: Not Good news
>
>
>
>
> Michael Marr wrote:
>
> > The fact that two adjacent cylinders are showing low
> compression could imply
> > a bad head gasket. Any sign of coolant in oil? I would check this out
> > before you pull the engine.
>
> Kinda doubt that--the reason cylinders have the same reading when
> there's a gasket leaking between them is because the
> pressures are equalizing through leakage. If that were the case,
> the wet readings on 5 & 6 would be close to the same,
> too, but they're not.
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Michael D. Porter
> Roswell, NM
> [mailto:mporter@zianet.com]
>
> Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within
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