This is a job for the common leak down test. That will tell you what you need to know. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 6:15 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: compression testing... on the bench folks, i have a wasserboxer long block NOT IN A CAR which i'd like to check its compression. Has anybody bolted a bellhousing and starter to a longblock on their workbench and tested the compression? (i know it is a cold test, but it will give me an idea of the quality of it, etc) thanks matthew "Racing with the wind and flirting with death So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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