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11-27-2003, 02:41 AM
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Don't say "Oops!", Doctor
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 677
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Homing in on the problem
The background story...
Tonight I finally got a compression gauge that works and ran the test. The result? The "happy" cylinders ran between 100 and 130 PSI. The "unhappy" cylinders (numbers 1 and 8) spiked the gauge, but fell immediately back to zero. Ugh! Can you say "stuck valve" kids? Great! I knew you could!  Funny thing is that I had the valve cover off the driver's side and, with the engine running, I didn't notice anything unusual. You'd think I would have caught that, wouldn't you? Pretty strange stuff. In reality, "stuck valve" is pretty generic and could be a bit misleading. I might have dropped a seat, got some carbon jammed in there, bent/jammed a pushrod, or burned a valve. Guess I won't really know until I pull the head(s) and have a look-see.
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