Re: Heads off, what next

[Mike Merrick <mmerrick@mail.usmo.com>]

Hi William:

I believe that you're hopes are for naught.  When you have enough
compression leaking into the crankcase to cause oil to come out of the
dipstick, you're talking about a lot of compression.  The chances of a
compression leak via head gasket to an oil gallery are not that great
(possible, but not great).  I like the idea that was proposed re: using
diesel fuel and timing the drain, but you will probably need to drop the
pan and pull the pistons.  Did you have a different reading when you did
a wet compression test (putting oil in each cylinder)?

Mike Merrick
"Either ride(or drive) the damn thing or sell it to someone who will!"

William M. Gilroy wrote:
>I had very low compress cylinders 2 & 3 (something like
> 40 & 60 psi dry) and about 120 psi dry in 1 & 4.  I also had high
> crankcase pressure.  Oil was coming out the dipstick hole.  I was hoping
> it was a blown head gasket between 2&3 and one of the oil galleys.
>