Compression Test

[Mark Denovich <mark@domain.elided>]

Can I safely assume that doing a compression test on a cold engine, 
particularly an engine that has sat for a few weeks, is practically 
worthless?   (and by cold, I mean about 40-50F)

I was getting ready to do a valve adjustment, and wondered what I'd see 
on a test.   The results were (in psi): 165, 170, 185, 210, 170, and 
165.  These numbers were quite a bit more variable when I first measured 
them shortly after I had parked the car...  (I lost the paper I had 
written them on, which is why I thought I would do the test again.)

The engine in question is in my 164S.

	--Mark
	http://alfa.denovich.org
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