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Id do that if it werent such a pain to get the side play in the rocker arms correct when bolting them down. I have done a visual on the head cylinder sealing surface and its nice and clean, no blowby. Keith > > Im running 6.9:1 for the 92 octane pump gas as per thier reccomendation. So > > im not concerned with the 100lb readings, just the 83 on Cyl #1. I did a > > cold compression test this morning and it was about 70! I think this is way > > too low, especially since its 20-30% lower than the others. I squirted some > > oil in the low cylinder and it went up 5PSI so it doesnt appear to be > > rings... I rechecked the cold clearance and it was still .006 so... things > > are really leading to a burned valve. > > Check the head stud torques, too. > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >