Re: HA's 52 200 Grey Ghost

Posted by Hans Ahlness On 2016/11/10 23:04:30

I was looking for reasons the Ghost is using oil (besides sitting in a barn for 40+ years) so I drove around the other night for about 15 minutes and then did a compression test. Survey says:

72, 70, 80, 62, 89, 71, 88, 70. Well that's pretty underwhelming. I was hoping that putting about 2300 miles on it in the last year would help reseat the rings, it starts instantly and runs fine other than the noisy lifters. No blue smoke from the exhaust, nor any oily residue in the exhaust pipe. So it must be venting out the "road draft" tube, guess I'm helping extend the life of the asphalt.