On Dec 9, 10:02 am, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote:
> Thom <thomca...@gmail.com> wrote in news:2ed62107-2bd2-47d3-8c0d-
> a7210a721...@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.
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> 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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> --
> Tegger
>
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I thought these enginse were interference engines. Wouldn't the
piston slap the valve it it were being held open?