Jay, thanks for the link. Looks like Dan is only parting out the engine. Hopefully, what I need can be identified.

Well here are the numbers. This was done on a cold engine because by the time I tucked the kids and the wife into bed and then got all of the stuff off, the engine was cold.

I'm numbering the passenger side cylinders 1, 3, and 5 (starting from the front) and the driver's side cylinders 2, 4, and 6 (again, starting from the front). I probably have this backwards, but anyway...

Spark plugs 2 and 4 looked burned/crusty. Their coil passages had traces of oil. Spark plug 6 looked "normal," but there was an abundance of oil in the coil passage. Spark plugs 1, 3, and 5 all looked the same they looked somewhat burned, but less than #2 and 4, except the tips were white (too hot?). Their coil passages were dry.

The compression numbers were as follows:

#1-155 #2-160

#3-170 #4-140

#5-150 #6-160

Looks like both banks have problems. Any other thoughts?

BTW-the passenger side bank seems to be louder and I noticed that that side's camshaft pulley had about five degrees of play whereas the driver side bank's camshaft pulley did not have much play at all (when I was changing the timing belt that is). Thanks, Taro