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1.0 won't start, flooded #1 cylinder; Once sounded like an old Volkswagen! lol
Topic Started: Dec 25 2016, 11:09 PM (1,253 Views)
suzukitom
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Tom

Even with one cylinder that is low on compression ithe engine should still be able to start (and run poorly) :hmm

As for the oil at the head.. it could be something you spilled or a major leak at the head gasket. Wipe it off and do another compression test for your low cylinder to see if oil re-emerges..

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Bannedfonz
Dec 31 2016, 12:34 PM
sphenicie,

I know points aren't around anymore, I was referring to contact points where the rotor contacts the terminals on the inside of the cap.

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don't like that moisture. there is no direct path for condensation. for condensation to occur in the v/c, while sitting, that moisture was there, then condensed. unless it sat with the oil fill cap off or some other open pathway.

At this point, the car has been sitting and not ran for almost 2 weeks. I pulled it into the garage a few days ago and have a small heater in the garage. I'm not sure if the warmer air in the garage (it's about 55 - 60 in the garage now, still in the 40's when I brought the car in), combined with the car being cold when I pulled it in has any affect on the condensation in the cover? The cover has NEVER been off the car, until I took it off the other morning, the oil fill cap was on and tight.


Ok, compression check done... kind of... I have varying results with each cylinder. The first time I did the test (when I bought the car) everything was even and stable. This time I ran the dry test 3 times in a row per cylinder. Mainly because the tester I was using last night was giving me numbers all over the board and I was trying to get consistent numbers. Hope it's not the gauge...

So dry test:
#1 90, 60, 60 = TOAST! lol
#2 170, 175, 160 = GOOD!
#3 90, 125, 140 = I don't know what...

Wet test was a joke... My numbers (when I got them), were all over the place. I didn't even record them.

I used about 1/2 oz of oil. maybe that isn't enough to get pressure?

#3 results...


#1 and #2 were about the same.


I thought about starting a new thread to get more help on these results, but I will wait to see what happens from here.

Thanks for all the help...
I would question the validity of your compression test, watching the video I have never seen a gauge that would drop back down while cranking the engine over. If I was you i would try and get another loaner gauge and re do the test.

I would hate to see you take your engine part if the compression is not as bad as you think it is.
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I'm almost positive that is not a spill. It's dark colored oil, the same oil that is in the engine. It was wet before I did the test, just not as bad and I thought it was odd. It looks to be coming from the corner of the head.

That's why I'm confused. #3 and #1 are all over the place with their numbers. The wet test was really odd to me to. Hopefully someone like myredvert can shine some light on this...
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Freegeo. I wondered about that to. This gauge was from O'Reilly's. Advance Auto was out of theirs at the time. I will have to wait till after this weekend to get a different one and try again.
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I've replaced several cam seals that leaked down the outside like that. The first time I saw a leak like that I thought it was the head gasket but it was the cam seal. Better check it out.


Ken..........
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It looks like a cam seal from the timing cover. I have to remove the cover yet to check it out for sure but I noticed the inside of the timing sprocket is a tad damp so I figured it was the seal.
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