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Originally Posted by Cree
The color near the base of the strap shows burning coolant. My money would be on a head gasket. No really good way to tell without tear down. You'll see the failure point on the gasket. If you don't, you'll want to get the head fluxed. If your oil is free of water, it's going to be either the head or the gasket MOST LIKELY. Typically if a cylinder cracks you'll get water in the oil.
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Originally Posted by spartacus
It could be the gasket but usually two adjacent cylinders show weak compression numbers.I could be wrong.
Pour a tea spoon of oil in #2 if you get higher compression then the rings could be the culprit. If the compression numbers don't increase much then it could be burnt exhaust valve, or intake valve due to overheating.
Unfortunately removing the heads and examining would be the only way, IMO.
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Alrighty, Ill check the oil for water and do that oil test.
In the meantime I am ordering a full gasket kit on Rockauto.
Question: If I am opening up the heads, should I might as well replace the problematic head as well ?
Thanks again y'all
