In case you saw my other post about oil out the dipstick tube...
Ive got the heads off, and I'm planning on getting them decked since someone decked them with a sander. I had 130-135psi in all cylinders, cold motor, except #5 which had 60psi. I pulled the heads, and see no obvious sign the HG was blown. All the pistons have quite a bit of slop in the cylinder. The cylinders are a little ovaled out from the piston skirts, but just barely enough to have worn away the cross hatch just in that area. I really dont have engine rebuild money and Im really hoping for a HG issue. I poured a bunch of oil in that cylinder, and not a drop has seeped past the rings in 2 days. Maybe the oil ring is good and the top ring is broken...who knows. But the main question is, has anyone blown a HG, or better yet, replaced a HG and the problem, whatever it was, went away even though you saw no sign whatsoever it was bad?
Ive got the heads off, and I'm planning on getting them decked since someone decked them with a sander. I had 130-135psi in all cylinders, cold motor, except #5 which had 60psi. I pulled the heads, and see no obvious sign the HG was blown. All the pistons have quite a bit of slop in the cylinder. The cylinders are a little ovaled out from the piston skirts, but just barely enough to have worn away the cross hatch just in that area. I really dont have engine rebuild money and Im really hoping for a HG issue. I poured a bunch of oil in that cylinder, and not a drop has seeped past the rings in 2 days. Maybe the oil ring is good and the top ring is broken...who knows. But the main question is, has anyone blown a HG, or better yet, replaced a HG and the problem, whatever it was, went away even though you saw no sign whatsoever it was bad?