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Date:         Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:41:44 -0600
Reply-To:     ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         ralph meyermann <ralphmeyermann@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Strange Catastrophic Failure
Comments: To: Rob <becida@comcast.net>
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I think if they are within about 15% of eachother is acceptable have you done a leakdown check? Or if you pressurize the cylinders one at a time and listen to the intake and exhaust for hissing and check any crankcase vent for escaping air as well to see if its valves or piston/rings

On Jul 25, 2011 1:21 PM, "Rob" <becida@comcast.net> wrote:

A 75 psi difference in compression pressures would bother me, bother me a lot.

Rob becida@comcast.net

At 7/25/2011 09:47 AM, Jake de Villiers wrote:

> Does it crank fairly evenly? That low cylinde...


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