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This doesn't involve pulling the head, so it seems more appropriate to have a new topic.
This problem is so vexing.
The motor has water in the lower cylinder, so it only runs on one cylinder, the upper one.
It runs ok on one cylinder for 2-3 minutes, then a bunch of oil gets into the working cylinder, causes a smoke show and nearly (or completely) stalls the engine.
From there, it recovers to run ok for another 5 minutes, then more oil gets in the working cylinder, smoking and stalling or nearly stalling.
It repeats like this over and over and water is in the lower cylinder.
I replaced the head gasket. It ran great on 2 cylinders for about 10-15 minutes, though for the first 3 minutes only the one cylinder was working, as it warmed up after the head gasket install.
I have water still getting in the cylinder after head gasket replacement.
Throw it away at this point?
I mean, I make about $500 a day at work. 4 days of screwing with this thing is a new one.
It starts to become less and less intelligent to keep trying to fix it.
This is a last ditch thread... any ideas what could cause this? I don't know the exact geometry of every part inside this engine, so it's hard to picture where the water and oil flow and how both are getting into the cylinders, yet the crankcase oil shows no sign of water in it and water is only getting in one cylinder, while the other works just fine (until the oil floods in).
Spark is strong, have not checked valves because it runs great when not flooding with water/oil.
This problem is so vexing.
The motor has water in the lower cylinder, so it only runs on one cylinder, the upper one.
It runs ok on one cylinder for 2-3 minutes, then a bunch of oil gets into the working cylinder, causes a smoke show and nearly (or completely) stalls the engine.
From there, it recovers to run ok for another 5 minutes, then more oil gets in the working cylinder, smoking and stalling or nearly stalling.
It repeats like this over and over and water is in the lower cylinder.
I replaced the head gasket. It ran great on 2 cylinders for about 10-15 minutes, though for the first 3 minutes only the one cylinder was working, as it warmed up after the head gasket install.
I have water still getting in the cylinder after head gasket replacement.
Throw it away at this point?
I mean, I make about $500 a day at work. 4 days of screwing with this thing is a new one.
It starts to become less and less intelligent to keep trying to fix it.
This is a last ditch thread... any ideas what could cause this? I don't know the exact geometry of every part inside this engine, so it's hard to picture where the water and oil flow and how both are getting into the cylinders, yet the crankcase oil shows no sign of water in it and water is only getting in one cylinder, while the other works just fine (until the oil floods in).
Answer this question.-----------do you have spark on both leads that will jump a gap of 1/4" ( 6 mm ) or more on both leads ?-----------Have you checked valve clearance ?
Spark is strong, have not checked valves because it runs great when not flooding with water/oil.
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