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Old 01-17-2013, 02:25 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
If you have low compression and free up any carbon build up, you're only going to make your low compression worse. Chances are that carbon is helping keep compression up.
It's still a good idea to get rid of excess carbon, as it can glow at high throttle settings and pre-ignite the combustion gases before the spark has a chance to.

Jim
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