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Old 03-31-2002, 06:53 PM
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When you check the compression, do it with the engine hot, all the plugs out at the same time, and the carb. held wide open. Use something to hold the carb. open so you don't wash the cylinders down with the gas from the accelerator pump every time you open the carb.
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