1970 Duster AlterKtion, 4 Link, LS/T56/Turbo and Minitub
Finally got the new starter in to do some more diagnosing! Putting that new crank case vent in the valve cover showed me something alarming. When I got the car back together last time there was some smoke from the engine bay but I figured it was stuff burning off the headers etc (my PCV is rerouted down to the frame so thats why I thought headers). Well this is what I witnessed after I just pulled the cap off completely.
Soooo I pulled the exhaust all back off and pulled the plugs again for a compression test. The coolant killed my last one so I went and got a cheap one from Advanced Auto. It felt super chintzy putting it in starting with the driver side. Cylinder 1 showed 70psi. Cyliner 3 showed 70psi. Cylinder 5 showed 70psi. "This things f*ckin broken!" Cylinder 7 70psi..... Ah what the hell I'll try the passenger side. Cylinder 2 200psi O.o. Cylinder 4 200 psi. Cylinder 6 200psi. Cylinder 8 200 psi. "hmm maybe it wasnt working right at the beginning" Back to cylinder 1 we go! 70psi..... lol sooo it seems something with the new head gasket did not go well. Which confuses me because theres not much in this world thats easier than bolting an LS head on lol. Idk if one of the dowels messed up holding the head up some. Or the gasket is just faulty. OR if something actually got hurt from blowing the head gasket originally on the other side. Just sucks I wrecked my compression gauge that day so I didnt check the driver side before pulling it apart to know if that was happening before hand too.
I cant imagine I hurt ONLY the driver side rings. But I'm going to pull that head off either tonight or this Saturday and see what I can find.
Also my buddy with a vinyl cutter is now sending me a sticker of this because of all the headgasket and blowby issues lmao it'll go on the rear window in the corner.
Finally got the new starter in to do some more diagnosing! Putting that new crank case vent in the valve cover showed me something alarming. When I got the car back together last time there was some smoke from the engine bay but I figured it was stuff burning off the headers etc (my PCV is rerouted down to the frame so thats why I thought headers). Well this is what I witnessed after I just pulled the cap off completely.
Soooo I pulled the exhaust all back off and pulled the plugs again for a compression test. The coolant killed my last one so I went and got a cheap one from Advanced Auto. It felt super chintzy putting it in starting with the driver side. Cylinder 1 showed 70psi. Cyliner 3 showed 70psi. Cylinder 5 showed 70psi. "This things f*ckin broken!" Cylinder 7 70psi..... Ah what the hell I'll try the passenger side. Cylinder 2 200psi O.o. Cylinder 4 200 psi. Cylinder 6 200psi. Cylinder 8 200 psi. "hmm maybe it wasnt working right at the beginning" Back to cylinder 1 we go! 70psi..... lol sooo it seems something with the new head gasket did not go well. Which confuses me because theres not much in this world thats easier than bolting an LS head on lol. Idk if one of the dowels messed up holding the head up some. Or the gasket is just faulty. OR if something actually got hurt from blowing the head gasket originally on the other side. Just sucks I wrecked my compression gauge that day so I didnt check the driver side before pulling it apart to know if that was happening before hand too.
I cant imagine I hurt ONLY the driver side rings. But I'm going to pull that head off either tonight or this Saturday and see what I can find.
Also my buddy with a vinyl cutter is now sending me a sticker of this because of all the headgasket and blowby issues lmao it'll go on the rear window in the corner.
