Ron Hyslop
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Madison, WI
87xj, 4.0l, aw4, 171000mi. This engine has big time blow by oil in the air filter and oil in the distributor. A compession check yields the following: cyl1) 125psi, and 140psi with two sqirts of oil; cyl2) 152psi and 165psi; cyl3) 62psi, and 80psi; cyl4)145psi, and 150psi; cyl5) 155psi, and 175psi; cyl6) 140psi, and 150psi. It appears to me that the rings for #3 are in as good a shape as the other cyd's and that compression from #3cyl is going past a valve and up the valve guide into the cyl head cover and blowing oil into my air filter as well as pressurizing the crankcase and forcing oil into the distributor. Is this engine in good enough shape to spend the money on a new ar rebuilt head?