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Blown Head Gasket or Bad Rings? B230FT 700 1989

posted by  Allanwayne on  Tue Sep 28 10:09 CST 2004
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How about doing a leak down test to find the cause before taking it all apart?
Increased compression after adding a bit of oil to the cylinder indicates a ring problem, but not a head gasket problem.
Good luck.






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