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Pulled head, gasket not "blown"...
Posted by Lyle [Email] (more from Lyle) on Mon, 29 Jan 2001 09:08:28
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Checked compression in cylinders, middle two had low compression. Plus white smoke out tail pipe, and eventually no start. Assumed head gasket. Pulled the head this weekend (what a job!, so many bolts!!!) and the head gasket was in much better condition than I would have guessed. Obvious coolant leak in cyl.#4 (but still had good compression), #3 had no visible breaks in the gasket, but it had bad compression. #2 had some splits and bad compression. #1 had some splits, but didn't have bad compression.
Going to send head to get valves done. Hopefully that will get it fixed. Have to get some new lifters, some of them were 'tinking'. Anything else I'm missing here? I was thinking about replacing water pump, oil pump, p.s. pump, alternator, etc, while engine is apart for ease of replacement. But as the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Posts in this Thread:
- Pulled head, gasket not "blown"..., Lyle, Mon, 29 Jan 2001 09:08:28 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Pulled head, gasket not "blown"..., Jason Y, Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:43:02
- Re: Pulled head, gasket not "blown"..., chrisx, Mon, 29 Jan 2001 13:39:20
- timing chain & tensioner definitely if >200K miles, JohnB, Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:14:23
- Re: Pulled head, gasket not "blown"..., Bill D, Mon, 29 Jan 2001 09:23:22
- 1989 900 Turbo 16V n/m, Lyle, Mon, 29 Jan 2001 09:09:26
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