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Bill,
Reading your posts, the symptoms do sound like low compression. A compression test will show up that if so. You mentioned you had it running with the house load (iirc). Do you have any way to measure full load amps/wattage to see what it is putting out under load (amprobe). Do you have the means to put full nameplate load on it? If low compression, it will not carry nameplate load (will start to stall). Do you have excess pressure in the oil sump when running? That would also indicate low compression.
After my fiasco with starting fluid, I am using WD40 to troubleshoot. Much easier on the motor.
David
Reading your posts, the symptoms do sound like low compression. A compression test will show up that if so. You mentioned you had it running with the house load (iirc). Do you have any way to measure full load amps/wattage to see what it is putting out under load (amprobe). Do you have the means to put full nameplate load on it? If low compression, it will not carry nameplate load (will start to stall). Do you have excess pressure in the oil sump when running? That would also indicate low compression.
After my fiasco with starting fluid, I am using WD40 to troubleshoot. Much easier on the motor.
David
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