One of the important things to note in a compression check is that all the cylinders are at the same (or very similar) values showing that no one cylinder is weak. I don't know what the expected values should be, but the consistancy between cylinders is often a good thing to see. -Craig '85GL turned WESTY BOSTIG in the back
On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Stephen Cebula <sfcebula@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm looking at an 84 Westy on Saturday. The guy want $6500 for it. It > looks really clean but has 170K on the original motor. He sent me a copy of > the compression test he had done in 2007 when he bought it. It shows 140psi > on all 4 cylinders. I'm planning on having another one done when I go look > at it. What would be an acceptable number? I've heard 145-190. > > Thanks, > Steve > > > > |
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