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Subject:Re: Compression Test
From:Bill Collins
Date:Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:32:23 -0500

> -If compression is low, put 2 spoon of oil into cylinder, test again, if
> higher,
> cylinder/pistons problem, if nothing happen, heads proplem...

In a boxer engine, the oil will not seal the rings as well as it does in an inline engine, so this test may not help.

Bill