Sure wish it was for your sake. It sure messed me up when I saw all of that oil shooting out of the oil dipstick tube, lol clint
do a wet compression test after you finish the dry test on the rest of the cylinders. a wet test is where you put about a cap full of oil into the cyinder before you crank it for the test. also how many times are leting it turn over for each cylinder? are you holding the throttle open? are all the spark plugs out?
I'll go with "Bryant" on this! Make sure you have your coil wire disconnected from the distributor cap and grounded. Remove all the spark plugs. Block,or have someone hold the throddle wide open. Crank the engine until the reading no longer rises. This should give you as accurate a reading as you can get! Write down your figures for each cylinder. As was previously said add a little oil to a cylinder and do the test again. If the reading increases substantially,you have piston and-or ring issues. Do the "wet" test for all the cylinders and record your readings. Post them up when you can. It's very strange that this problem just happened out of the blue!:16suspect
any chance of pre-ignition causing a burned piston(small hole)? You can run it and short one plug wire at a time and see if the puffing out of the oil cap slows. As much oil as your describing, you should see it on a plug or two, or three...
Thanks for the input guys! I'm gonna try those things out today. Spent many an intimate moment with my busted olds yesterday cuz it's parts came, even tho none of the parts fixed the problem :16suspect hahaha. Didn't know all that about the wet test.. that's pretty kewl. Bryant: How many times should I be turning it over? I only did it twice..
Thanks for the input guys. Don't know what I did wrong before but new compression numbers. These were just done dry. Did it front to back single plug at a time, then I got the engine hot again and did it back to front with all of the plugs removed. Front to back was #1: 130psi,#2: 90psi, #3: 140psi,#4: 100psi, #5: 135psi, #6: 140psi Back to front with all plugs out was #1: 140, #2: 100, #3: 140, #4: 125, #5: 135, #6: 140 feelin alil better about this. gonna pull the valve cover and check the seals. let me know if you have thoughts about the new numbers. gonna rule the original test I did as a fluke for now. Started getting smoke from the tailpipe yesterday if that helps.. Just kinda grayish color, but alot. Thanks again!
do the wet test. cylinders 2 and 4 are not looking so good. if they come up to the same level as the rest during the wet test then the rings are not doing so good. if they stay low then the valves are not sealing that well in the head.
wet test done. #2: 130 #4: 135 nothing else i can do for the rings except tearing the engine down, right? no home remedies or voodoo? haha
Send $55 to me in cash, I will do my magic, wait 3 days maybe 4. Start car up, drive to parts store and buy rebuild kit, rebuild your engine and your good to go! your welcome in advance,,, Good Luck!
hahahahhahah Love it! If anything has to be rebuilt I've already found a 302 block.. If it can be fixed without rebuilding the six has a chance
