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Originally Posted by calling911
It would be one thing if I had a suspicion a motor or transmission rebuild was in my near future, but I dont see that being the case...
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You can kind of get a clue by inspecting the head studs. You already have compression numbers to help too.
To inspect the head studs you need to drain the oil and then remove the lower valve covers. This is where I start because the studs on the hotter exhaust side are more likely to pull. I then just check to make sure all of the studs are tight with an allen wrench. Some folks re-torque them. I'm talking about just a simple check to see if they are tight and holding well. If they are bad they either won't tighten up or they may even fall out when you remove the valve cover! On the top side I do the same thing - remove the valve cover and check the allen head nuts on top of the studs. If I recall correctly it's pretty hard to get in there to check them with the engine in the car. I know on an SC I simply used a mirror to inspect the nuts and a magnetic stick/rod to pull on them to make sure they weren't loose. Using this method I actually found three on the SC where the studs were broken and just pulled out with the magnet.
Kirk