noob needs help with mileage

noob needs help with mileage - only 10 MPG!

rmchrgr said
35% leak down? No valve adjustment is going to cure that

Wanna make a bet? Valves adjusted too tight can and will cause that much leakdown and more.

Can't say I have a whole lot of experience adjusting valves

Okeh, we all gotta start somewhere, but then you don't have much ice to stand on when you start talking about what can and can't result from something you have no experience with.

there is really no way to adjust out that much leak down.

Still wrong, no matter how many times you say it. Think about it: a valve held open, off its seat, will...class? Anyone? Bueller? Right, it will leak.

I say get involved though and start doing something though rather than relying on a bunch of internet goofballs taking guesses

Not all of us are guessing. Some of us are taking a systematic approach to diagnosis and guidance.