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Old 11-17-2013, 09:09 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Air compressed is indeed a spring...but this cylinder with the bad valve is more like a shock. It'll absorb a lot of energy as the compressed air leaks through the gap.

If you feel okay driving it, that's your call. But it'll be a complete pig to drive. My Expo crapped a valve and it went from halfway lively microvan to dispassionate shambling zombie, complete with fog effects.
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