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Old 10-14-2010, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by digieditny View Post
I purchased a cheap compression tester from Harbor freight on Tuesday. I'm really excited to check the health of my engine but haven't received my wrenches to do a valve adjustment first.

Is it a total waste of time to check the compression without doing a valve adjustment first?

digi
Hi
Were it me, I'd run a warm (85C.) compression check just for the fun of trying out my new guage. The valves have to be really off before they will affect compression readings and its not that much work to do over should need be.
Joseph
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