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"Jesus, he's like 10 leprachans, yeah but harder to catch, stick with the leprachan"

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Old 11-21-03, 01:31 AM
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"Jesus, he's like 10 leprachans, yeah but harder to catch, stick with the leprachan"

Sorry about the title I have the SIMPSONS on my mind...

anyways- can i check the compression of a motor by turning it by hand? if so how and how accurate is it?

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and sorry again for the title..

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Old 11-21-03, 02:01 AM
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No you cant really, to get a good reading it has to be turned over pretty quickly like almost 100 rpm.

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yeah, leprechaun* , it was 2 am give me a break......
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lol.. np.. just laughin.. gawd my eyes hurt:S
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Hotty- post a pic of your car i'd like to see it....
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I turned my engine over by hand yesterday and gave myself a glaucoma test by spraying air into my eye.

I found it somewhat interesting the noises the engine was making when turning it over....so I kept doing it. I took out all 4 spark plugs, and was looking in the hole....when WHOOOOOSHHHHHH...
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you're lucky you didn't get fuel in your eye!!! THAT HURTS!!

Anti-freeze is somewhat worse, for some reason.

If you really want to know how I know that, let me know.
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I'll tell you what really hurts is spraying carb cleaner through the fuel inlet and having it spray out the jets and into your eye.......that hurts....my eye still hurts and turns red when i think about it..lol
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lol .. ouch.. cant say ive done that, metal slivers from a cutoff saw, grinder etc are bad enough.. you rub your eye, you go blind (BAD)
anyways.. RRTEC there are pics of my car on the 1st gen pics site.. You will know it when you see it
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Try Silicone sealer in your eye never had any thing worse than that you cant get it out it just smears
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What are you guys talking about, it feels great when you get a metal splinter in your eye when porting aluminium, for example, rotor housings.

As for the thread, the only thing you can do by hand is make sure none of the seals are brocken, basically just making sure you have an even number of puffs on each side.
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