Does leaking seals cause low compression?

BW73

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Bought this blaster over a year ago. Ran awesome up until this last month. Started to run crappy, and smoke a lot more. Changed to reeds and cleaned the carb. Put it all back together. Realized the stator side seal is leaking. Try to start it after I put the reeds and carb back ran crappy for a few seconds and shuts off. Haven’t been able to start it since. Tors is still hooked up. Tested for spark today, got some thought there should have been more but I had my 6yr old kick so I could look for spark. Low compression threw leaking seals? Or something else? Thanks.
 
The seals have nothing to do with compression, but they will cause air leaks, which could be your problem.
 
What was compression at? Definitely need to leakdown test .and fix any air leaks