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Subject:VERY low compression in one cylinder
From:Kris Seago
Date:Sun, 23 Nov 2003 16:35:19 -0600

Hello listees,

I've got a sick 1984 1.9L Waterboxer.

Symptoms: One cylinder (#4) regularly fouls a plug after a few hundred
miles. Occasional (but not consistent) smoking (white/blue) at start-up
when pulling away under power.

A compression test reveals virtually no compression (didn't rise off
the needle) in the cylinder.

Diagnosis? Terminally bad rings? Stuck valve?

Thanks,

Kris S. Seago

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