[FC] compression check

[Diane Galli]

I have also found that compression tests made on an engine that does not 
have all the lifters pumped up can give erroneous readings on the high side 
due to shorter overlap times
     Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Forman" <Larry at forman.net>
To: "The Corvanatics list" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] compression check


> Did you check the compression with the throttle wide open?  I have had an 
> engine run higher numbers when the throttle was NOT opened.  I really 
> don't know why, but happened once to me.
>
> Larry
>
> At 09:08 PM 9/25/2005 -0700, Merv Krull wrote:
>>I am kinda freaked by those numbers too!!! What is the rest of the story 
>>here?
>>Merv Krull
>>Salmon Arm, BC
>>----- Original Message ----- From: <BobHelt at aol.com>
>>To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>; <Corvanatics at corvair.org>
>>Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 7:49 PM
>>Subject: Re: [FC] compression check
>>
>>
>>>In a message dated 9/25/05 7:36:50 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
>>>lumppytom at hotmail.com writes:
>>>
>>>>175, 180 and 175 respectively and 2, 4 and 6 were 200, 185 and 205.
>>>
>>>Hi Tom,
>>>That's some engine you've got there. I'd be more worried about those high
>>>readings. What CR are you running?
>>>Regards,
>>>Bob Helt
>
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