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Finally bought a $60 diesel compression tester after years of guessing
Pulled it out on a 7.3 Powerstroke I been chasing a miss on, found cylinder 5 at 280 psi compared to 350 on the others. That saved me like 3 days of swapping parts, has anyone else kicked themself for putting off buying one of these things?
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stella3071mo ago
Did you used to be one of those "just throw parts at it" guys too?
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the_michael1mo ago
Yeah I was that guy for a while. What finally clicked for me was keeping a log of what I tried and what actually fixed it. After a few months I started seeing patterns and got better at diagnosing stuff instead of guessing.
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mason_knight1mo ago
Dude that's exactly how I felt. I used to think compression testers were a waste of money until I pulled my hair out on a no-start. And yeah @the_michael I was totally that parts cannon guy for way too long lol.
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