My Terra has ingested a lot of dirt I feel (just how much cannot be quantified) but it has been hours of riding. I want to gauge the extent of damage to my bike by comparing it to others including those who may not have not ingested any dirt to see if I have anything to worry about...it should help everyone and put our minds ease or not....... So, who has performed a "leak down test" and what numbers did you see please? Mine reading is 12%...which seems high for a bike that has only done 3400k's. 7 April (rechecked and got 10%) its somewhere close, so I'm pretty happy with that. Intake - barely audible Crankcase - just audible Exhaust - audible (this is the biggest leak)
Can an accurate leak down test be done on an engine with a decompression lever? May have to do a compression test while cranking on the starter as suggested by mag00.
Compression test is a no go with decompression. Leak down test is the best by far the best, it shows you where the leaks are and to what extent.
My KLX250 has KACR and the service manual details a compression test. A good guide for starters although Husqvarna don't provide specs for either test.
