It already has a brand new head gasket with roughly 10 miles on it! It was also a high quality permatex one with metal rings round each cylinder. I also made sure that I very methodically cleaned both gasket mating faces. If it was a blown head gasket how did the oil get there?
I checked the rockers and there are no dropped valves and the assembly looked to be in good order and is certainly getting oil. Anothing thing that I thought of was valves not seating correctly, is this a possible cause? If it's not that then I assume it is either pistons or piston rings. How easy is it to remove these for replacement and is it a job I could do at home? Does the engine need to be removed to do this? I think tomorrow will be a head removing day (the car, not me, although it is tempting!...) cheers John --- Dan Canaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You could also have a blown head gasket between Cylinders 1 and 2, > which > are not under compression at the same time and could easily result in > zero > pressure if the two were linked. > > It's not all for naught though. Pulling the head would be the first > task. Get a good look at the tops of the cylinders to make sure you > don't > have any damage from the head (dropped valve) or chipped valve (debris > caused). Then set the head aside as 'good'. HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
