Hi,

I took the cylinder head back off of the engine to have it tested one more time. The cylinder head checks out good. I haven't touched this trooper for quite some time. I am working on this trooper in the driveway. I don't have a shop where I can pull the engine out. I have given the problem a lot of thought over the last 6 to 9 months. I don't hear any rattling or clanking when I spin the engine.

This engine sat for almost 3 years after the cylinder head cracked. Is it possible that the engine seals and piston rings "dried out" from the anti-freeze and for sitting for so long??????? I was running straight anti-freeze when the engine died. If the compression rings have "dried out" is there something that I can put down the cylinders to "re-lubricate" the compression rings and bring them "back to life"??????

It is not my intention to irritate anyone here. My resources and equipment are limited. I am working on this trooper in the driveway and I am at the mercy of mother nature. I am in Maryland and I am in the open with the trooper in the driveway. I have kept the engine covered with plastic this whole time. this engine only has 165,000 miles on it. I did try to do the leakdown test but to be honest with everyone I wasn't sure what I was doing with the test. I was hoping that the sound I am hearing when I check the compression would ring a bell with someone here. I have had many troopers before and I have never hear this sound before. I don't have the facilities or the resources to put a new engine in the trooper even if I could find one. I am just trying to work with the engine that I have.

If anyone could please help me it would be great. I like my trooper and if I don't get it going soon I am going to have to junk it. Thanks. Help help help.


Mike