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Old 02-12-2010, 11:15 PM   #14 (permalink)
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...beats walking...
 
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...basically, two causes for "low-compression" in cylinders: (1) bad valve seating or (2) bad cylinder compression 'rings'.

...bad valves are easier to fix than bad cylinder rings, but neither are "easy" or "cheap."
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