Oh boy. Something definitely isn't right here. Got everything torn down, including the intake to get ready to do a compression test. The spark plugs I put in were virtually new: only had a few minutes of run time on them before I pulled the engine. There was a little soot on the ones I put back in, but nothing major.

I pulled the spark plugs so I could run a compression test. Plugs on passenger side are showing an ashy color, indicating a possible lean condition. Here's the kicker: The spark plugs on the driver side are completely clean. They look brand new. They didn't look that way when I put them in there. Oil shows no signs of coolant, so I'm guessing a no spark (or no combustion) condition on the driver side? Fuel vapor cleaned the soot off the plugs? I am totally confused now. Anyone have any ideas? Looks like I may have been running on only 3 cylinders?

EDIT: Well, found my problem. Sort of. NO compression on any driver side cylinder. F**K...

180 or better on the passenger side, so it looks like I didn't damage anything on that side at least. Now to find out what the hell I did on the driver side.

Last edited by jinstv; 03/05/12 01:17 AM.