Came back with another story? What are you talking about? Adding the information about there being oil on the plug? Yeah, I forgot to mention that in my opening, I'm sure it's not the first time more information has surfaced as the problem is talked about... :roll: and your suggestion of sticking my finger in the plug hole was hours after I was done messing with it for the day...
Ok lets say it does NOT have compression, then what, tear it down right?
Ok lets say it does have compression, then what, tear it down right?
What scenario with the oil coating the spark plug and seeping from the head/intake manifold, is the head not coming off?
I said the head has needed work for a long long time, since i bought it 15 years ago, so why wouldn't I say, "after some thought I'm going to pull the head and have it rebuilt", rebuild it for unleaded gas, and whatever is causing the cylinder not to fire will be found along the way.
Sorry if that "annoys" you... feel free not to read or reply to my posts then.
This post was edited by scruffyia at 21:52:01 11/25/12.
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