So here are my problems:
- bubbling noise from the back of the engine audible from inside the car.
- white/gray smoke coming from exhaust
- poor compression (however only 6 and 3 are low and bump back up after oil is added)
Now I know these are symptoms of the BHG, however it all doesn't add up. No gunk by the oil cap, and my car doesn't overheat. Also no cooling gushes out of the overflow tank. Also my motor was rebuilt with forged pistons, eagle rods, MHG and ARP studs. It's really frustrating to have these problems as I was pretty confident that my head gasket wouldn't blow after this.
Some things point to a BHG, but others points to blown rings. (oil in the intake manifold, poor compression on 6 and 3). Tomorrow I'm going to re-compression test the engine and see what's it currently at.
A possibility for the bubbling noise is that I recently had a coolant leak. I fixed the leak but my system could just have some bubbles in it. I'm going to drain it all and refill it to see if the noise goes away. Next step after that I guess would be to get the combustion test kit and see what color the fluid turns.
- bubbling noise from the back of the engine audible from inside the car.
- white/gray smoke coming from exhaust
- poor compression (however only 6 and 3 are low and bump back up after oil is added)
Now I know these are symptoms of the BHG, however it all doesn't add up. No gunk by the oil cap, and my car doesn't overheat. Also no cooling gushes out of the overflow tank. Also my motor was rebuilt with forged pistons, eagle rods, MHG and ARP studs. It's really frustrating to have these problems as I was pretty confident that my head gasket wouldn't blow after this.
Some things point to a BHG, but others points to blown rings. (oil in the intake manifold, poor compression on 6 and 3). Tomorrow I'm going to re-compression test the engine and see what's it currently at.
A possibility for the bubbling noise is that I recently had a coolant leak. I fixed the leak but my system could just have some bubbles in it. I'm going to drain it all and refill it to see if the noise goes away. Next step after that I guess would be to get the combustion test kit and see what color the fluid turns.