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Old 06-16-2009, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by kerry View Post

Warm engine. Pull all the glow plugs, pull the vacuum on the shut off, install tester in one hole, crank engine for a number of compression strokes. Read gauge. Move to the next.
I have seen this before but how do you get the engine warm ?
Run the engine, warm it up, then quickly pull the GP and do the compression test before it cools down ? or there is something I am missing ?
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