sounds like a blown head gasket... dunno about the oil missing
On Sun, 17 Sep 1995, Matt Liggett wrote:
> Well, in order to try to track down the oil consumption in my new
> Midget, I performed a compression test this afternoon. The results
> are:
>
> First Test
> ----------
>
> No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
> 160 54 50 155
>
> After adding oil to the low cylinders thru the spark plug holes
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
> XXX 56 55 XXX
>
> XXX = didn't take a reading
>
>
> As you can see, 2 & 3 are pretty weak, and adding oil to the cylinders
> does not seem to help. I was under the impression that if rings were
> going, adding a bit of oil should bump the compression up just a bit.
> If this is the case, what do my readings likely indicate?
>
> At any rate, this sure explains why the #2 plug loaded up with oil
> after a long jaunt on a forest road last night.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -Matt (who doesn't mind if he is to rebuild the whole engine as long
> as there is no bodywork involved!)
>
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