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Re: Finding Valve Issues with a Vacuum Gauge
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 8/25/2006 7 Replies

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Hi, Jim

I've had this happen with weak valve springs. The cylinder will pass a cranking compression test and show a slight vacuum gauge tic at idle. But it will fail a running compression test becau... Login to read more.

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