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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fishfiles" data-source="post: 57547" data-attributes="member: 782"><p>I felt 285 was dead  , 225 is a stone dead cylinder  , and even 350 isn't much to be happy with ,  time for a rebuild or replacement  -------- you noted it has been hard to start ---compression is what fires the fuel on a diesel engine ------when it gets light outside I will go get the Bobcat spec book out the truck and see if your engine is listed -------- if you want to try something that won't cost a lot , get some Rislone ring sealer , put a quart in the engine oil and put a squirt in that 225 psi cylinder and see if the compression comes up a bit and gets you running ---that stuff really works , I had a Chevy 350 that one cylinder was bad and it smoked when acclerating and keep fouling out that plug , with the stuff in there it quit smoking and I drove the truck for another year and sold it ----------</p></blockquote><p></p>