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Re: GT6+ compression

To: john donohoe <gt6driver@yahoo.com>, "triumphs@autox.team.net" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: GT6+ compression
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 23:27:32 -0500
Organization: BRIT Inc.
References: <19980305042013.14258.rocketmail@send1a.yahoomail.com>
john donohoe wrote:
> > If still in doubt, run the compression test (wet and dry)
> 
> Does a "leak down" test tell something different or is it just another
> way to measure the same thing?

  Well, with a leak down test you can also find out where you
are losing compression. You'll get air out of the exhaust, intake,
or crankcase, depending on where it is leaking from in the engine.

> BTW, my GT6+ smokes when warm at moving off from a stop, but
> compression at all six is within tolerance. Can someone enlighten me
> as to what the cause of this might be?

  Valve seals?

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Trevor Boicey
Ottawa, Canada
tboicey@brit.ca
http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

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