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Comments sought on compression test results... 200 1979

posted by  pablos on  Sun Mar 2 01:26 CST 2003
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Don't see a huge issue. Air pressure testing (compression or leak down) should be considered as just one viewpoint, a single tool. The real question is:

Are you having problems?
Is the car down on power (yeah I know it's not a turbo :-P)
Is it burning oil?
How sure are you the CR is really 11:1? (Is this based on some head milling or custom pistons?)

At 150K miles, you should have plenty of ring life if good maintenance was followed. Was the head rebuilt? New valves and seats? If you suspect leaking at the valves try a leakdown test.
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