A compression check will tell you a lot.

You're not going to like this, but huge amounts of well pressurized blowby rarely comes from engine compression. Usually its from a spun engine bearing. The bearing spins, vaporizing the crankcase oil, producing huge amounts of crankcase pressure.

A big key in this is the appearance of the blowby. If it's hazy appearing, it's almost assuredly from oil vaporization. If it's crystal clear, then combustion gasses are more likely.


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