Thom <thomcasey@gmail.com> wrote in news:2ed62107-2bd2-47d3-8c0d-
a7210a721bec@j44g2000hsj.googlegroups.com:


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> Cap and rotor were way old, I assume. Before I bought it. We were
> testing the spark on #2 cylinder, when we removed the wire, the car
> quit. Either we smoked the distributor, or it doed right there. We
> replaced it, and it is back to running bad, but it is running. We
> have tested the spark on all the cylinders, it is nice and strong, but
> number 2 cylinder is real weak. A compression test has revealed low
> to no compression on that cylinder. Looks like we burned a valve or
> something.




Before you condemn the valves, check their clearances. You might get lucky
and the valve is simply being held open and not yet burnt.

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