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From: grt@twitch.UUCP ( G.R.Tomasevich)
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Subject: Compression Increases with Age
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Date: Thu, 20-Dec-84 14:43:47 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 20 14:43:47 1984
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> to three different Honda owners that the compression in Hondas gets higher as
> the car gets older (also the more you abuse it, it seems).  We could never

> Helen Anne Vigneau

That is true in general (any car), because carbon accumulates in the cylinders
and reduces the volume, hence the compression ratio.  High-speed driving
burns out the carbon.  It sounds like a terrific excuse to drive fast!
I have seen shops burn it out with oxygen, too.
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	AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ