Hello,
I'm looking at buying a boat with an inboard Universal Diesel and would like to get a mechanic to look at it. The person I was recommended said that he doesn't have the adapters to do a compression test on it. Is this a necessary part of a mechanical inspection on a motor like this? The mechanic said that you can usually tell a lot from a leak down test so compression is not really necessary.
The motor only has 1600 hrs on it and it looks very clean.
Thanks
I'm looking at buying a boat with an inboard Universal Diesel and would like to get a mechanic to look at it. The person I was recommended said that he doesn't have the adapters to do a compression test on it. Is this a necessary part of a mechanical inspection on a motor like this? The mechanic said that you can usually tell a lot from a leak down test so compression is not really necessary.
The motor only has 1600 hrs on it and it looks very clean.
Thanks