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2.3 liter wont start

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dtd

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I have a 2.3 liter ford engine on a kohler generator and the fuel is natural gas..Did a compression test cylinders 3 &4 have 95 psi and 1&2 have 35 psi.i have good spark at plugs is the compression my problem???
 

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if this engine is like our engine, the compression is your problem, habitually, the minimum compression that it should have is 102..

but I'm not totally sure due to the fact that fuel is natural fuel..
 

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Compression it is...sounds like the headgasket blew between 1&2...
 
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