Well, after retesting with my cheap Harbor Freight tool at WOT it registered 90 across the board, twice, when cold. At least it's balanced. I...
Thanks Mr. Efficiency. I enjoy the work - if there is work to be done. I suspect there will be a good difference doing the compression check at WOT.
And thanks for the encouraging words about the alloy. I have another engine to do the work this summer, so this may be a fun project, or I may...
BTW the compression gauge is a new inexpensive Harbor Freight job but I figure it ought to at least give me relative readings.
I did not have it at WOT... I will retest tomorrow and see how it reads. I remember reading about that but completely overlooked that part....
I just tested the compression on this Evinrude 115hp. First, stone cold and came up with this: 1 - 81 2 - 81 3 - 88 4 - 86 Then got it to run...
