Quote Originally Posted by mudnut View Post
If it doesn't blow blue smoke, or there are no oil leaks due to excessive blow-by you may have dodged a bullet. A compression check will tell you if the engine has been dusted.

If the readings are low and you squirt a little bit of oil in the cylinder and the reading rises significantly, the rings are stuffed.
It doesn’t seem to blow any smoke apart from a small amount (very) of black smoke when you give it the berries.
But I’ll look into getting a compression test done for sure.. cheers.