Hey everyone I've a 1993 350cc Polaris 4X4 it's has new piston and rings, had the head sized for the new piston and rings. I tried a compression test on it today and it's running 100 psi and I'm just wondering what could be the problem for it running so low? Any advice would be great cheers
The piston to wall clearance should be pretty consistent the entire circumference. If it's more in the back than the front I would assume the rings are worn.
Seems to me it was a honed cylinder after a ring failure. That is too large of a difference in diameter. It could also be undersized piston but the bore should be more true than that.
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