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No original pistons,I think the same but he said because it was only 7 miles in he would be more towards faulty piston.looking at the piston it has hairline cracks which could of been the start of it...

Just got off the phone with David bogg he says it sounds like a faulty piston

I did do the compression test cold for obvious reasons,compression test carried out without throttle open

Rite landed back in the uk so pressed on with this,used my cheap compression tester and numbers 1 2 and 3 were only at 75psi which is half what I expected.number 4 had 0 psi.
iv removed the head and...

I’m on holiday so once back I will be testing compression,I’m wondering if one of or all the other rings are losing compression because if oil is forced past cylinder 4 piston compression must be...

Well I fired up my new built C16SE tonight I’m running twin 40s.
Started up after 5 turns beautifully,went for a drive 7 miles in starts missing/smoking out of exhaust and oil out of the cam cover...