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Old 11-19-2010, 07:15 AM
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Default Causes For Cylinder Pressure Issues

For those who remember the overheating, terrible performance and detonation issues I've ran into since my cam change (to the XE274H), I'm back at it and have some questions. One of the tech guys at Comp Cams wants me to do a cylinder pressure check and give him the results (which I will do). He believes that I may be having an issue with my cylinder pressure being too high and switching to this smaller cam would cause the pressure go up. ?????? I didn't want to look stupid on thier board by asking too many questions that I probably SHOULD already know, so I'll do it here in front of you guys. What on earth is he talking about? Remember, I'm a "Shadetree Mechanic", so I'm not quite following all this. I understand where bad rings, a cracked piston or such could cause low cylinder pressure (if it bleeds off or something), but how do you get too much cylinder pressure? I'm not getting it.

 


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