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Re: Looking down the plug hole, USB endoscope, too much oil ?
« Reply #15 on: 14.03. 2013 14:45 »
Hi there, nice posts here. With the important oil in cylinder discussion, I'm moving this to the engine dept.,
And edited main title, to reflect actual topic content. Always difficult to deal with topics with several embedded sub-topics! (to chicago, I = admin, a10gf is just the 'normal user' \ moderator ID).
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Re: Looking down the plug hole, USB endoscope, too much oil ?
« Reply #16 on: 14.03. 2013 15:31 »
Ah, ok fair enough, once again soz. All the best, Chicago.
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Re: Looking down the plug hole, USB endoscope, too much oil ?
« Reply #17 on: 14.03. 2013 19:53 »
Its a great bit of technology. Though I wonder whether its a bit too much knowlege. If its not really smoking, and you're not losing oil would you have worried if you hadn't known there was a little oil in the cylinders?
Thousands of A's are probably running like that but we just dont know. I guess what i am saying is we actually have to get a large sample of endoscope-observed cylinders before we know what is normal. gav
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Re: Looking down the plug hole, USB endoscope, too much oil ?
« Reply #18 on: 14.03. 2013 20:01 »
Mine got endoscoped a couple of years ago and everthing looked OK, but don't know about the bike.

(C'mon, some one had to say it.)
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Re: Looking down the plug hole, USB endoscope, too much oil ?
« Reply #19 on: 14.03. 2013 20:08 »
Quote from: gavinoz on 14.03. 2013 19:53
Its a great bit of technology. Though I wonder whether its a bit too much knowlege. If its not really smoking, and you're not losing oil would you have worried if you hadn't known there was a little oil in the cylinders?
Thousands of A's are probably running like that but we just dont know. I guess what i am saying is we actually have to get a large sample of endoscope-observed cylinders before we know what is normal. gav
Hi gavinoz, True, might even stop the barrels wearing as fast ?.
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Re: Looking down the plug hole, USB endoscope, too much oil ?
« Reply #20 on: 14.03. 2013 20:11 »
Quote from: manosound on 14.03. 2013 20:01
Mine got endoscoped a couple of years ago and everthing looked OK, but don't know about the bike.

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Re: Looking down the plug hole, USB endoscope, too much oil ?
« Reply #21 on: 14.03. 2013 22:14 »
yes I did the ear thing - saw the wall other side of the room
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Re: Looking down the plug hole, USB endoscope, too much oil ?
« Reply #22 on: 14.03. 2013 22:18 »
yes I did the ear thing - saw the wall other side of the room 
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Re: Looking down the plug hole, USB endoscope, too much oil ?
« Reply #23 on: 14.03. 2013 22:30 »
Quote from: orabanda on 14.03. 2013 12:20
With 7.25:1 pistons, my A10's will read between 140 psi - 150 psi range.

When you did the compression test, did you hold the throttle open?

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This reading should give a 10:1 compression???
At least according to the formula I've been told to use (PSI/14.50).
Maybe poking up the wrong hole here *smile*, so if anyone can confirm/deny?
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Re: Looking down the plug hole, USB endoscope, too much oil ?
« Reply #24 on: 15.03. 2013 21:14 »
think you're right Morris  pres @ 14.70lb per sq in roughly what you worked it out to Bobh
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