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Old 05-19-2012, 03:17 PM
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It could be bye bye tester if you get ignition but that depends on the state of the engine and the tester - don't the really good testers have a pressure relief valve? Anyway according to the SAE OM617 development paper at idle the cylinder pressure is just under 40 bar - that's about 580 psi.
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