Hey guys, whats up?
Well, I've got a 2.3L EFI motor with an automatic transmission. 89 Mustang LX, of course. I've torn down the motor because it was smoking like a freight train and it appeared to have oil coming out of the tail pipe. Well, after taking off the head the 3rd and 4th cylinder have a slight movement when you push on them. The compression on #1 cylidner was at about 250PSI, the rest of the cylinders was at about 200. So, the compression rings are good but it appears I have 4 bad rings. All cylinders have oil in them. The kicker, though, is when I inspect the head the fluid in the ports is pink tinged, and appears to be transmission fluid. I looked around for a vacuum valve someplace on the transmission, as some have a diaphragm that sucks on the transmission and tells it when to shift and what not. I could not find one. Anyone got any ideas? Besides the ring job im doing I also took the head to be re plained, the valves and valve seats redone, and have it boiled out.
Whatcha think?
Well, I've got a 2.3L EFI motor with an automatic transmission. 89 Mustang LX, of course. I've torn down the motor because it was smoking like a freight train and it appeared to have oil coming out of the tail pipe. Well, after taking off the head the 3rd and 4th cylinder have a slight movement when you push on them. The compression on #1 cylidner was at about 250PSI, the rest of the cylinders was at about 200. So, the compression rings are good but it appears I have 4 bad rings. All cylinders have oil in them. The kicker, though, is when I inspect the head the fluid in the ports is pink tinged, and appears to be transmission fluid. I looked around for a vacuum valve someplace on the transmission, as some have a diaphragm that sucks on the transmission and tells it when to shift and what not. I could not find one. Anyone got any ideas? Besides the ring job im doing I also took the head to be re plained, the valves and valve seats redone, and have it boiled out.
Whatcha think?