Looks like pretty poor ring seals which will give a lot of blow buy
and pressurise the sump, "encouraging" the heavy oil loss. This on
its own wouldn't explain the overheating & pressurising of the coolant
so there may be something else as well.
The other possibility is still a hairline fracture in the wall of the
bore. I think this would show up as noticably worse readings on one
cylinder compared to the others... #3 perhaps?
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From <DLancer7676 at cs.com>
To: <midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: 09 February 2003 04:22
Subject: Sickly Midget
> Here is what I have found out so far:
>
> There is NO water in the oil. The dipstick has clean oil on it,
although it
> was a little low, indicating the oil is coming from somewhere on the
engine.
>
> When I pulled the plugs, the #1 and #4 plugs were black and sooty,
not oily,
> indicating a too rich mixture. The #2 and #3 plugs were brownish
gray.
>
> The compression checked out thusly:
>
> Dry: #1= 100 #2= 95 #3= 92 #4= 95
>
> Wet: #1= 180 #2= 173 #3= 150 #4=185
>
>
> --David C.
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