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[Marcus Pryor]

Do a leakdown test on the engine to be sure. The leak can be located much
better than with a compression test.

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Urias McCullough <umccullough at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Eddie <eddietude at socal.rr.com> wrote:
> > compression should be close to equal in all cylinders.
> >
> > Clearly #2 has an issue.  It could be rings, OR it could be a bad valve
> too.
> >
> > Perhaps a valve isn't seating properly.  If you're lucky, it might be
> just
> > that.
>
> Usually, adding oil the cylinder demonstrates if it is rings if it
> significantly increases compression - so I would guess either a valve
> or head gasket (more likely the former).
>
> - Urias
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