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Old 09-10-2009, 11:11 AM
Silver_300D Silver_300D is offline
1984 Federal 300D Turbo
 
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Location: Portland, OR
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Compression Test on Cold Engine?

I've read through the posts, and I know that ideally you want to do a compression test while the motor is warm. I just got done swapping in a replacement motor into my car (bought the car from a guy that threw a rod on the last motor) and am having trouble getting it to start. It cranks well and even started for a second, just wont fire up.

Long story short I'm going to do a compression test but the motor will have to be cold. I know that I want all the cylinders to be within 10% of each other, but what number range should I hope for?
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