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JtownJoe · 12-02-2012, 08:30 PM

Ran fine for last three years & then started to use coolant with no visible leaks & then started to miss badly but I ruled out head gasket problems when I got perfect compression readings on all 4 cylinders but looks like that was a miss leading indicator & I was getting water in the compression chamber anyway. I didn't do the holding compression test that might have shown that the pressure was leaking into the water jacket instead of holding the pressure.

12-02-2012, 08:30 PM	#7
JtownJoe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Johnstown, PA Posts: 342	Re: Head gasket follow up Ran fine for last three years & then started to use coolant with no visible leaks & then started to miss badly but I ruled out head gasket problems when I got perfect compression readings on all 4 cylinders but looks like that was a miss leading indicator & I was getting water in the compression chamber anyway. I didn't do the holding compression test that might have shown that the pressure was leaking into the water jacket instead of holding the pressure.