Re: [AMC-List] 360 Rebuild

[Todd Tomason <jayscore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matt,

I should have included the cylinders.  #3 was 35, and #8 was 0.  Opposite 
sides of the motor.  My thinking is that the cylinders that are reading 90 
are normal for an old, tired motor.  The one that reads 35 probably has a bad 
ring.  The one with zero probably had something actually break the other day.  

Todd

On Monday 27 November 2006 22:25, Matt Haas wrote:
> Todd,
>
> I don't think you'll be able to check compression turning the engine by
> hand. You really need to use the starter motor to turn it over.
>
> On the 360, if the two low cylinders are next to each other, it could be
> a blown head gasket but 90 PSI sounds low to me. There are plenty of
> other problems that you could have but the only way to know for sure is
> to tear the engine down. Since the problem happened all of a sudden, it
> will probably be easy to spot the problem.
>
> Matt
>
> Todd Tomason wrote:
> > My son and I get to rebuild our first engine.  The 360 in his Matador is
> > having major problems.  Driving home the other day he had a dramatic loss
> > of power and starting leaking and burning a lot of oil.  He had to add
> > several quarts of oil to get home.  The motor now has a lot of blow-by. 
> > It popped off the oil fill cap several times.
> >
> > We did a compression test yesterday.  Most of the cylinders are about 90
> > lbs. One was 35, and one was 0.  Anyone have suggestions on a plan of
> > attack?  I'm thinking of pulling the motor, and pulling the head on the
> > side with the dead cylinder.  I'm thinking I should be able to tell if
> > it's the valves or the piston.  Is there a better way to do this?
> >
> > We picked up a 304 from a wrecked Javelin that we plan to put in
> > temporarily. This is from a car that we know was running before it was
> > wrecked.  Is there anything we should check before we install the motor? 
> > I've been thinking that we could run a crude compression by turning the
> > motor by hand.  This should alert us to any major problems.
> >
> > Todd
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