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Old 01-22-2007, 03:01 PM
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Will a compression test tell me what kind of pistons I have? The reason Im asking is because I dont know if anythin has been done from the pistons down.
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No, it will just tell you what the PSI through the cylinders are. The values should all be close to each other for each cylinder.
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If you want to know what kind of pistons you have take the head off or rent a borescope and stick it through the spark plug hole. Good luck finding one of those to rent though. I only have access to one because I work on helicopters. Or just assume that you have all stock internals.... that would be a safe bet too!

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Thanks, I definately dont want to take the heads off.




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