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Old 12-30-2010, 01:33 PM
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A friend of mine recently compression tested his GSR. He compression tested it, removed the guage from the hose which is a quick disconnect. He didn't know that the ***** that lock the quick disconnect fell down into the spark plug well, then he proceeded to unscrew the hose that threads into the spark plug hole and the ***** then made it into the cylinder. He found out real quickly that something was wrong.

No more Harbor Freight tester for Him.... HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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OUCH.
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ball bearing chambers
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Uh.....you can buff that out...
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holy **** that's crazy
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mine fell apart luckly it didnt fall into the chamber,,, ouch.
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Makes me glad my cheapo Harbor Freight tester doesn't have a quick disconnect. Of course I still don't trust it's accuracy. Also the bleed valve is now leaking when I use it. I need to invest in a good one some time. Any suggestions for something inexpensive yet dependable?
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It will be fine. Just put some tussin on it
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just a few little dings no big deal, just put the head back on and run it like that! lol
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Just fill in the holes with weld and grind it down then have the head shaved. Might work?
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looks like it did a number on one of the valve seats
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Originally Posted by 94eg!
Makes me glad my cheapo Harbor Freight tester doesn't have a quick disconnect. Of course I still don't trust it's accuracy. Also the bleed valve is now leaking when I use it. I need to invest in a good one some time. Any suggestions for something inexpensive yet dependable?
My $60 Craftsman tester works great and came with a lot of adapters to fit just about any engine. Also came with an adapter to pressurize the cylinders which comes in handy for swapping valve springs.
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damn. sorry to bump i ve been using harbor freight tester as well lol
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still good though! that'll buff right out!
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too bad it nailed the edge of the valve seat. Hes gonna have to take it to cylinder head shop to fix that valve seat
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Dammmm that sucks
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Looks exactly like one of my previous engines after a screw from a skunk2 throttle body butterfly went through the engine.
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