Head gasket

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(Copper head gaskets)
(Compression and leakdown testing)
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*Stretched cylinder head bolts.
 
*Stretched cylinder head bolts.
  
==Compression and leakdown testing==
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==Compression testing and leakdown testing==
 
*If a compression test shows two cylinders with equal but low compression, then that may indicate a blown head gasket, with a leak between those two cylinders.
 
*If a compression test shows two cylinders with equal but low compression, then that may indicate a blown head gasket, with a leak between those two cylinders.
 
*If you can, do a leakdown test.
 
*If you can, do a leakdown test.

Revision as of 23:01, 5 August 2007

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