Headgasket failures can happen between cylinders resulting in low compression for both cylinders. They can bust and leak coolant into the combustion chamber, the can leak to the outside with no ill effects on the engines performance.


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Your numbers arent all that bad, the 160 would definately concern me though. How did the spark plug look for #2 compared to the rest? If it appeared cleaner than the rest then yeah..internal HG leak. But if plugs were all similar in color/condition then you might not be dealing with a HG leak. I cant recall ever smelling coolant in the engine bay when HG would go bad. You may have a simple external cooling system leak...lord knows the 22R-E has plenty of places for that happen. Do a leak down test if you have the resources to verify the problem before you go spending alot of time and $$$ on something that aint broke.

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