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Thanks for the compliments on the car btw everyone.
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a creepy colon posted:Ok to clarify, the starter is turning fine. I'd say the opposite: if it's uniform across all cylinders, it's probably not the head gasket. Usually a HG will fail in one place, so you'll get low compression in one or two cylinders. If they're all low, I'd suspect valve carnage, or slipped timing. That's why I asked if the camshaft was turning when you cranked it.
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Nov 12, 2014 00:35
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Yeah I am definitely going to check timing marks tomorrow. If it slipped timing, would that prevent start and ignition?
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Nov 12, 2014 00:37
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a creepy colon posted:Yeah I am definitely going to check timing marks tomorrow. You should still get spark, but if it's off a couple teeth such that the valves are open when it's trying to build compression, it won't have enough compression to ignite.
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Nov 12, 2014 00:39
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Yeah, if every cylinder has low compression and it's non-interference, then it could mean that the timing is off. If the camshaft wasn't spinning then you'd have 'all or nothing' per cylinder, depending on where each valve ended up. I've never heard of a head gasket blowing out equally for all cylinders. I'd take the timing covers off and verify that the timing marks still line up.
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