Just want to get some clarification on this. I'm going to check out an engine I might buy off of a HT member and I want to perform a compression test. I just searched and got these instructions: http://www.c-speedracing.com/h...t.php

Can everyone verify that this is the correct method, because I do not want to mess anything up considering it isn't my engine. Also, I'm just going to go to autozone to get a compression tester, anything I should know? (different kinds of testers, etc.)
Thanks in advance.

 

put antizieze or oil on the threads before you put it in the head...

thats the how-to i always used

 

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thats the how-to i always used</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not completely necessary but a good precaution

 

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thats the how-to i always used</TD></TR></TABLE>

On the threads of the compression tester, correct?

 

yeah
rental tools are never handled well...who knows what shape the threads are in...