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hook avacuum gauge to port vacuum should stay steady if it shakes valve train problem.
Do a compression test. When you find the cylinder that has low compression, shoot some oil into the cylinder and take another reading. If the reading changes very little it is probably a bad valve. If the second reading is much more than the first it is probably worn rings.
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