ocalajeeper said:
if you aren't overheating, if you aren't noticing bubbles and you have no coolant in the oil and no oil in the coolant, then chances are its not a hg. very very very rarely, almost impossible to have a blown hg and no mixing of coolant oil or bubbles while running.
I had a hard time beliving it was a head gasket....etc, but I have been told otherwise, specifically I was told that the head gasket directly between two adjacent cylinders, and only between the two adjacent cylinders can be damaged thus causing loss of compression for both cylinders, with out any loss of coolant, oil, overheating, bubbles, etc. I was also told that it is not that uncommon. He is a friend of mine who has rebuilt many engines before. Basically I am talking about the thin head gasket section that seals one cylinder from the other where they are closest together, and where there is no coolant or oil port between them.
So, once again, assuming this is the case ( no matter how rare), what engine operating symptoms would one see? Sorry to bit a bit hard headed on this, but I want to get about 6 good unbiased* answers to MY question before I list the actual symptoms I have seen, and explain why I am asking the question, or answer questions to my question, that do not answer my question. By unbiased*, I mean I don't want the answers to parat my symptoms, so I am not posting the symptoms, yet.
nrl06,
Where did you hear that poor compression in 2 cylinders would cause a rough idle? On the poor running/loss of power, would that be at idle, low end power loss, and or high end power loss, can you be more specific. Would it cause rough running at all speads and loads, or just a rough idle???? So far you have my attention!!!!!
Where are 5-90, Mud8, Lawsoncl, DrDyno...etc when I need them? :rattle:
Come on guys, this can't be that tough a question!