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I have a 1984 corvette 5.7 350 engine with 119k miles
I did a compression test and found that 6 cylinder had 125lbs and 2 had 100lbs what should I have, or is this okay

Thanks, Ray

Answer
Hi Ray, if the engine is working ok, I wouldn't worry about it. but if you are having problems with it you should have it checked. There should not be more than 20% difference from the highest to the lowest, Yours is just on the border line. I hope this helps you, if you need more inf just let me know. Regards, Keith.

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I can answer most questions on gm cars from the early 80s to the mid 90s. I have a lot of experience with cavaliers, corsicas,grand ams, luminas,ect.

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i have 12 years in the automotive repair industry, on most north american models especially gm. and a little on imports

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