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Broken down - seems to be overfueling 9 years 8 months ago #149636

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Broken down - seems to be overfueling 9 years 8 months ago #149642

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Bored wash?
WTF?

The old rule, that would still apply, is that compression pressures should be within 10 psi of each other.
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Broken down - seems to be overfueling 9 years 8 months ago #149648

Bore Wash...
Basically heavy amounts of fuel wash the lubricating oil off the piston and rings, and cylinder walls and they start to pick up (damage each other) resulting in poor compression.
Also possible with coolant on our engines (inlet manifold coolant leak usually)

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