 Damaged engine from over heating?, Need advice |
 Oct 18, 2007 - 11:32 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 18, '07 From Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Ok here's the story.
She was driving 70 down the highway and the radiator breaks, makes lots of noise and the car dies. The car will not start. It has spark, its getting fuel, timing is 10 degrees advanced. I did a compression check and found the problem. The compression is (30 / 4 / 4 / 30 PSI) cyl 1-4. My question is could anything else other than a warped cyl head cause no compression. My mechanic says it is very unlikely to have all the cylinders lose compression from a warped cyl head. The car has 130k and drove beautifully a few days ago. If the cyl head is bad should i have it machined or buy a rebuilt engine. (trying to save money) Any suggestions? Thanks |
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Oct 18, 2007 - 11:50 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Mar 11, '06 From Way South Chicago Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
is the timing belt still there and hasnt skipped? can you turn the crank pulley (with a socket and ratchet) by hand easily with all the spark plugs out?
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Flyboy284 Damaged engine from over heating? Oct 18, 2007 - 11:32 PM
Hanyo yea it makes sense that an engine gets destroyed f... Oct 18, 2007 - 11:36 PM Flyboy284 I have not tried putting oil in the cylinder befor... Oct 18, 2007 - 11:42 PM Flyboy284 Yes, the crank pulley turns easily without the spa... Oct 19, 2007 - 12:09 AM
Kwanza26 If your compression is 30/4/4/30... chances are yo... Oct 19, 2007 - 6:04 PM |
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