Beautiful spring day and all, I thought I'd tune up the old beast
('53 panel w/ 216 babbit beater). The shop manual says to do a
compression test first.
Okay.
I warmed up the engine, pulled all the plugs, opened up the throttle
all the way, and dry tested each of the cylinders.
I then one-at-a-time squirted 10cc of motor oil into and re-tested
each of the cylinders.
The results are as follows:
Cyl: Dry: Wet:
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#1 100 100
#2 100 120
#3 55 65
#4 75 80
#5 100 120
#6 75 85
(ominous music plays here)
Doesn't look very promising to me.
The shop manual merely says:
"Compression on all cylinders should be 110 pounds or better and all
cylinders should read alike within 5 to 10 pounds for satisfactory
engine performance."
Can anyone offer any special insight on what these readings mean, or
advice on what I should do to correct this situation?
Barrett Revis
Sparks, NV
'53 3105
'48 3105
-- Barrett Revis, snappydog@jackass.net on 05/05/2001
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