Posted by Fastman (216.244.24.52) on May 01, 2001 at 06:07:08:
In Reply to: Re: Murphy's Law posted by Brian on April 30, 2001 at 16:06:25:
: Did the compression test. All cylinders are within 3 psi of each other (122 to 125 psi).
: From the sounds of it, this might be a good time to put on that manual steering centerlink and get rid of that pasky control valve.
: Thanks..
If you did a compression test and everything turned out fine(looks like it did), then I say your piston and rings are fine. I would turn to the cyl. head as key culprit. As other have suggested, the guide may leak.
Did you have them replaced during the valve job? All it takes is roughly 70k miles on iron guides and they can be finished and need replacement.
When you pull the head, look for build up on the intake valve(port side, not chamber).