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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 09:48 PM
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My friend has a 78 Luv with a 4 cylinder and it has been running ok, he's been working on it a little at a time to get it back on the road. Well today he had it running in the yard and I don't know if it overheated first or started smoking first, but anyway it has water in oil now. He called me over to look at it. I pulled the valve cover off and it was solid milky stuck all to the inside of it. I did a compression check on it and the #2 cylinder only had compression of 30, the other three had 140-150. I told him my guess is the head gasket or cracked head. What do guys think? The same?
 
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 10:49 PM
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Sounds about right, typically those Isuzu engines crack the head when they overheat so it's probably done.
 
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