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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 04:00 PM
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what should the compression be in bar or psi please
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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 04:26 PM
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roughly between 130-150 i believe, all mine have been around 150psi unless buggered
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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 04:34 PM
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my engine is showing 10 bar on numbers 1 - 3 then number 4 is at just above 9 bar,so number 4 is about 130psi and 1 - 3 are about 145 psi so ive got a problem with number 4 then somewhere
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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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i think ive heard you can have upto 15psi diff, but could be a dodgey valve seats or something as its not down hugely, try getting it leak tested?
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Old Sep 14, 2008 | 05:19 PM
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yeh will have to try that then cheers mate,i knew you could have a difference of a bit just wasnt sure how much
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