A leakdown will tell me about the seats- not the seals. I'm talking about the valve guide/stem seals up top in the head. I had to replace them before in a similar situation (sitting dry engine).
On Jul 20, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Mark Cookson wrote: > A leak down is going to tell you about the valve seals. > > A compression test won't since it's a max pressure kind of test > with a peak-hold gauge. > > The leak down test is dynamic and will let you know if pressure > slowly (or quickly) leaks from the cylinders. Then you can listen > and try to figure out where it's leaking from. > > Good luck! > > Mark _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
