# Need some help

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [May 2, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-some-help/251881 "2010-05-02T14:41:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-some-help/251881/55 "2010-05-03T10:26:58Z")

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> [@Technotic Media Open House This Sunday, July 1st](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/technotic-media-open-house-this-sunday-july-1st/31546/14):
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> Do a compression and/or leakdown test…

compression test could be misleading if it is a headgasket failure as well. if the gasket is not sealing a cylinder properly you could be bleeding off “compression” and get a false reading on an otherwise stout motor.

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