29-12-2020, 11:41 AM
I have been puzzling over the apparent lack of compression on my Ruby for a long time. When I start the car on the handle, it is easy to turn over - there appears to be very little compression on any cylinder. On-lookers in the know tend to laugh. But it starts, runs as it should, and does not smoke. And it has been like this for many years.
Then one time, when the car was parked, an old guy I know who started his apprenticeship on cars back in 1949 and is capable of feats such as balancing triple carbs, turned the engine over on the handle quite a number of times, ignition off. At the end of the day, when I came to start the engine to return home, I could hardly turn the handle, there was so much compression. But the next day it was back to normal.
Then one time, when the car was parked, an old guy I know who started his apprenticeship on cars back in 1949 and is capable of feats such as balancing triple carbs, turned the engine over on the handle quite a number of times, ignition off. At the end of the day, when I came to start the engine to return home, I could hardly turn the handle, there was so much compression. But the next day it was back to normal.