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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 2001TEGGSR
After looking at my HELM's --

Compression on an new B18C1 is 135 p.s.i.
A maximum variation of 28 p.s.i. between cylinders is the service limit.

So your numbers are well within tolerance.
If it were 135 psi, it probably wouldn't run. A B18C1 should see about ~200-220 psi and a B18B should see ~180-200 psi.

I would look it up in my service manual, but it is packed away.
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