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ok i was out with some friends running a old hwy (not in use anymore) but ont the way home car kinda felt like it lost power, so i got home an ran a commpression test. I ran the test wile it was warm, front three ran 180psi an last one ran 110. Ok so i put a half of a shot glass in the one with 110 an it jumped to 150 they all used to run 180. what do you guys think ring, valve, head gasket,? :confused:


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Most of those things don't just go bad, were you "flogging" her pretty good or? Any knock? Run some seafoam through the intake and add some to the oil, something like 6 ounces in the oil. The obviously change the oil etc and recheck the compression. The seafoam will remove deposits to free anything that may be binding. If the compression is low after that might as well pop the head off and check things out. Hopefully it's just a bad headgasket.

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no just ten pounds an shifting at 6500. am i will try the seafoam you think the ring is stuck?

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More like hoping...lol. I dunno man, did you check the compression on the cyl more then once? Maybe the tester wasn't screwed in enough. Or you could be F'd.

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yea i checked it like five times wet an dry. I it was a hg would puting oil in it make compression go up?

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Viscous fluid will fill any gap, doesn't have to be in the rings. In fact I have never seen a compression test fail and then NOT get better when you added oil to the cylinder. Hopefully it's the hg.

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ok that cool then it still leaves chance its the hg. An if it were a bent valve wouldnt it tick all the time?


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