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Subject:Re: Tips on bringing a stored engine back into service?
From:Scott Norville
Date:Sat, 31 Jul 2004 08:49:07 -0400

With everything still plugged clean the engine real good.
Change the oil.
Then take out the plugs, and put no more than 5cc (one teaspoon) of light
oil (like Marvel Mystery oil) in each cylinder and let sit a few minutes.
Then you turn it by hand a few times. This will let you check your
compression by measuring how far the oil will shoot out the spark plug hole.

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