Compression readings

daveydoodle

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Gents, Anyone tell me what is acceptable compression on a 96 Johnson 2 stroke?? Thanks, Dave
 

Daviet

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Re: Compression readings

96 2 stroke what, it will vary depending on horse power.
What readings are you getting now?
 

Daviet

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Re: Compression readings

If you are rope starting it, I would think anywhere around 85-95 would be good, but the cylinders should be within 10% of each other.
If it has not be run in a while, it might be a little lower, but will come up some after you run it.
 
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