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Date:         Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:57:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Compression tester question
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <c4e7c5f90711160826l474404c4n102cf941d7f30276@mail.gmail.com>
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Neil,

I once had a cracked head which was leaking combustion gasses into the coolant. When doing a compression test, only the cylinder with the cracked head wouldn't hold pressure on the gauge.

Mike

neil N wrote: > Hi all. > > I bought a compression tester and tried it on my parts van 1.9 WBX > engine. On two of the cylinders, the gauge would drop while still > threaded in sparkplug hole. > > I was doing this w/o remote starter. > > The gauge should hold its' reading right? i.e. once it's pumped up, it > should stay there correct? > > It was threaded properly, and adaptor to hose was threaded properly too. > > Apologies for such and elementary question! > > Neil. > > > -- > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - > "Jaco" (Bustorius) > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil >


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