Hi,

I haven't dealt with this trooper in a while. Working 2 jobs keeps me busy. I need to get it running again and soon. I have since gottten a 17 GAL air compressor and a cylinder leak down tester. I took the head bolts out 1 at a time and shot some compressed air down the bolt holes. I left the cylinder head in place when I did this. Nothing came out of the bolt hole through the cylinder head. I torqued everthing back up and the problem persists. The sound that the trooper makes when I spin the engine to check the compression is like a "ka-poo" sound. The sound is in rythum to the spinning of the engine. The trooper makes this sound when I am checking the compression of the 2 cylinders that have very low compression. When I first drained the oil out of the trooper when I first started this project the oil looked like "green slime". I didn't want to gum anything up when the head gasket was leaking so I DID NOT use any kind of stop-leak in the engine. I have done this repair on the other trooper we have here with good results. Does this look like a cracked engine block???? How can I check for a cracked block??? I am at a loss as to where I am losing the engine compression.

Thanks for any help you can give me.


Respectfully,


Mike