- 1. Compression, TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: MORROW@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 13:27:21 -0400 (EDT)
- Hello all. I got tired of scraping the carbon off of #6 plug and decided to run a compression check on the beast. Cylinders #1-#5 were all between 130-135 psi, but #6 was only 70! A squirt of oil int
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- 2. Re: Compression, TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: "Philip E. Barnes" <peb3@cornell.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 14:03:29 -0400 (EDT)
- The simplest and surest thing is to pull the head off and take a look. If this condition occurred suddenly it sounds like broken rings or a holed piston. Phil Barnes '71 TR6 CC61193
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- 3. Re: Compression, TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: Richard_Jackson@FTDETRCK-CCMAIL.ARMY.MIL
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 95 16:01:14 EST
- Sounds like a burnt valve. The squirt of oil should have slowed the blowby of the piston. The next step is to do a leak down test. Crank the engine to the point the suspect cylinder should fire, remo
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- 4. Re: Compression, TR6 (score: 1)
- Author: Silikal@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 19:16:31 -0400
- Is the carbon dry or oily? Dry carbon is usually from a rich mixture, oily carbon is, yes, oil leaking into the combustion chamber. Could be rings, or (guessing) loose valves and worn valve seals. D
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