what should the compression be in the cylinders?

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Old 07-19-2009, 03:13 PM
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what should the compression be in the cylinders? I don't want the ratio. I want the compression reading when you do the cyclinder compression test. I got about 200psi across all the cyclinders. which is good that they are all the same. I got this number by turning the engine over three times, and then repeating three times on each cyclinder.

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Bentley says 128 psi minimum with 28 psi max difference between cylinders.
 
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Old 07-19-2009, 11:36 PM
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The actual figure is unimportant, especially being as an inexpensive tester can be way off. 200 seems high but there's no way that's not just the tester.
 
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