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Thank you for your response, the story is I have a mobile service mechanic change the head gasket for me and he couldn’t get the engine running. So I let him go I did my research and I get the top dead center right and get it going. Then when I did the compression test I saw the psi 125-137...
Thank you for your response, the story is I have a mobile service mechanic change the head gasket for me and he couldn’t get the engine running. So I let him go I did my research and I get the top dead center right and get it going. Then when I did the compression test I saw the psi 125-137...
Thank you for your response, the story is I have a mobile service mechanic change the head gasket for me and he couldn’t get the engine running. So I let him go I did my research and I get the top dead center right and get it going. Then when I did the compression test I saw the psi 125-137...
Thank you for your response, the story is I have a mobile service mechanic change the head gasket for me and he couldn’t get the engine running. So I let him go I did my research and I get the top dead center right and get it going. Then when I did the compression test I saw the psi 125-137...
Thank you for your response, the story is I have a mobile service mechanic change the head gasket for me and he couldn’t get the engine running. So I let him go I did my research and I get the top dead center right and get it going. Then when I did the compression test I saw the psi 125-137...
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my concern is the psi reading. 137 is not close to 175 there is 35 psi difference. So that what makes me think I may have bad oil rings ???
As I check it should be between 120 -175 psi i know I am in the range but close to 120 psi
I re machined...
I did not check it on the water yet . But my concern is the psi reading. 137 is not close to 175 there is 35 psi difference. So that what makes me think I may have bad oil rings ???
Hello friends, I replaced the head gasket to my engine it’s Volvo penta GXI 5.0 because I have 115 psi in one cylinder and the others have between 130-135 psi
After I changed the head gasket and changed seals valve re machine the head , now I have my compression test in all cylinders 137 except...
