Therigwelder
New Member
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2019
- Messages
- 25
- Reaction score
- 2
- Points
- 3
- Location
- Mississippi
- Vehicle Year
- 1993
- Make / Model
- Ford ranger
- Transmission
- Manual
have a 93 ranger 2.3l that idles badly but when I give it gas it drives fine.Recently the check oil light has started coming on and I am adding a quart of oil every 3 days.the truck does not smoke at all.i decided to do a compression test. When I pulled the plugs they were all a light tan color, no burnt oil or wet plugs. I expected to have compression cause the plugs were in excellent condition. However I have no registrable compression The gauge reads zero on all 4 cylinders.just to double check my gauge I rented a tester from auto zone and it too registered zero.how does an engine even run with zero compression?i investigated further because I wanted to know where all the oil is going. There was some oil in the intake( I took it off to gain access to the spark plugs under it)I have oily soot in the tailpipe, lower rocker and back of bumper,I have no major oil leaks that would warrant the excess oil I am using,I have no oil in the coolant or vice versa. What is going on with this engine? How could I not be burning oil yet have oily soot at the tailpipe? Would a blown head gasket cause my no compression and oil usage?