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Re: FW: Thanks

To: Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com
Subject: Re: FW: Thanks
From: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 07:13:49 -0700
  I think what the writer was getting at is that the pistons can be
propped up and the throttle should be blocked open when a compression
test is run.  The more air that can get in while the engine is spinning,
the higher the compression reading, all other things being equal.

  Cheers, CR

Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duinhoven, Hans
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 8:14 AM
> To: 'Kevin Sullivan'; Reni C.M. van Maanen
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Thanks
> 
> IMHO taking pistons out of the carbs does not influence the cylinder presure
> whatsoever.
> It might be of influence of the problem Rene's GT has though. A stuck or bad
> moving piston might be a propable cause....
> These things are easily visible when the filters are removed and the engine
> is running.
> Both pistons should move freely when the throttle is moved.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Hans
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Sullivan [mailto:kevins@khoral.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 7:34 PM
> To: Reni C.M. van Maanen
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Thanks
> 
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, [iso-8859-1] Reni C.M. van Maanen wrote:
> 
> > I will test the compression toningt, and let you all know what happens. If
> > it is bad, I will pull the head.
> 
> When you check the compression, you might want to take the pistons out of
> the carbs to make sure the carbs aren't the problem, before you go pulling
> off the head.
> 
> --
> Kevin Sullivan

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