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Subject:Re: My poor MPG, compression tests results
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:28:14 -0700

That's kinda low.  Do you get higher numbers with the throttle open?

On 9/12/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> The testing continues.
>
> # 1 (right front) compression > 120, plug looks normal.
> # 2 (right rear) compression > 120, plug also looks normal.
> # 3 (left front) compression > 120, plug indicates mixture is rich.
> # 4 (left rear) compression > 120, plug also indicates richness.
>
> right left mixture asymmetry?
>
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