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Re: Compression checks



At 8:54 PM 11/13/02, Joe Elliott wrote:
>I think people are forgetting that the exhaust valves still open
>every other revolution, even when you're doing a compression check.
>It's not a matter of just increasing pressure until the combustion
>chamber leaks.

The main reason the pressure rises a bit with more strokes is because the
chamber is warming up a bit with each stroke.

Greg
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