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September 22, 2020 at 7:50 am
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That was my thought, for whatever it is worth. Water damage could be why compression is down on #2.
He will certainly have to investigate this possibility if carb troubleshooting doesn’t turn up any problems. His symptoms don’t indicate a dropped cylinder, just seems like one cylinder is down on power. Water intrusion, cylinder damage surely could explain it….