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Subject:Re: compression...
From:Doktor Tim
Date:Wed, 8 Oct 2003 20:36:26 -0700

Sounds like a cheap gauge to me. Stay away from the $19.95 junk. It takes
$65 or so to get a better quality gauge that won't read bonkers if you drop
it once. You might shoot 200 if you hit the starter with 24 volts, but the
starter would be fried before you got to no. 4.

At 07:55 PM 10/08/2003, you wrote:

>I just received a letter about an engine that has 220, 210, etc
>compressions in each cylinder.  I thought they are supposed to be at 140,
>150.  This is a 2.1L engine.  Is that right?
>Zoltan