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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Or a stuck valve... I had HEAVY carbon build up under the intake valves with the last valve job from todays crap gas... is your low end torque bad? thats the symptom. My valves werent sticking but your probably OK for the trip... stick some marvel mystery oil in the Tank... Im leery about it but it certainly wont hurt. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martinez, Leon" <martinezl@ftscpac.navy.mil> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 4:36 PM Subject: [T3] 25 pounds of compression corrected itself > > Well I had 25 pounds of compression on the # 3 cylinder , I thought my > engine was > toast, that was last week, the spark plug was black . A few days after that, > I > added all of those oil detergents that clean the engine via the motor oil > and > my compression was restored to 125 pounds. I beleive my compression rings > were stuck, > even though I have those total seal rings. I think my mixture was set too > rich and carbonized > the rings. I hope they are clean now. I have corrected my rich condition and > my plugs > are white again. Do you think my engine will hold for Parma ? I still drive > like a madman > and have a little story to tell in the next e-mail. > > LEON MARTINEZ > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>