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RE: Not Good news

To: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>, "Michael Marr" <mmarr@idcnet.com>
Subject: RE: Not Good news
From: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@idcnet.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:04:53 -0500
Cc: "Ronnie Babbitt" <rbtr3a@cox.net>, "Triumphs" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
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
> walking distance.

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