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Old Jan 24, 2004 | 04:46 PM
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leaky head?

anyone know how I can tell if my heads are leaking in my 2.9 without having to take them off. It runs but skips, I got spark at eack cylinder and the timing is dead on. Gonna do a compression test, any more ideas?
 
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Old Jan 25, 2004 | 10:55 AM
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cylinder leakage is the best test you can run to look for leaking head gaskets.
 
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Old Jan 25, 2004 | 12:19 PM
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Re: leaky head?

Originally posted by syroc
anyone know how I can tell if my heads are leaking in my 2.9 without having to take them off. It runs but skips, I got spark at eack cylinder and the timing is dead on. Gonna do a compression test, any more ideas?
How old are the spark plug wires? Installing new ones could fix a "runs but skips" problem. It worked for me -- the missing only occurrred under load, such as climbing a hill at low speed.
 
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Old Jan 25, 2004 | 03:06 PM
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wires, plugs, cap, and rotor button are all brand new. I havent dont the compression test yet cause its just too cold
 

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