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I think I know the answer to this already but I need some more opinions. My new '94 truck came to me with a variety of issues, namely coolant loss/steaming etc that resulted in me removing the heads and having them checked... they were like new but warped so I had them resurfaced and reassembled the engine. If you want a little more of the story, here is my build thread, start at post #7 https://www.therangerstation.com/forums/index.php?threads/project-11-new-daily-driver-94-ranger.206628/post-2013027
Now that the engine is back together I have some other issues which include (1) significant pinging under load, (2) a large oil leak in the front up high somewhere and (3) quite a bit of blowby - this was present before I tore into the engine but I assumed it was steam, there was a lot of snot on the oil cap. See this video (from after my repairs) -
I have replaced the PCV valve, which did not help. The old one was probably fine. I guess I feel like the blowby issue is related to the oil leak issue, IE crankcase pressure blew the RTV seal out there.
I have not done a compression test or leakdown test yet - not sure if it's even worthwhile.
Correct me if I am mistaken here but I believe my next steps would be to pull the engine and have the bottom end gone through? I talked to a couple other people about this and they felt that either I've got a bunch of stuck rings or the previous owner drove it around a lot with coolant in the oil and washed out the cylinder walls and who knows what else. Either way it needs to come apart again to fix the oil leak at minimum but I'd hate to do all that work just to have it blow out again.
Thoughts?
Now that the engine is back together I have some other issues which include (1) significant pinging under load, (2) a large oil leak in the front up high somewhere and (3) quite a bit of blowby - this was present before I tore into the engine but I assumed it was steam, there was a lot of snot on the oil cap. See this video (from after my repairs) -
I have replaced the PCV valve, which did not help. The old one was probably fine. I guess I feel like the blowby issue is related to the oil leak issue, IE crankcase pressure blew the RTV seal out there.
I have not done a compression test or leakdown test yet - not sure if it's even worthwhile.
Correct me if I am mistaken here but I believe my next steps would be to pull the engine and have the bottom end gone through? I talked to a couple other people about this and they felt that either I've got a bunch of stuck rings or the previous owner drove it around a lot with coolant in the oil and washed out the cylinder walls and who knows what else. Either way it needs to come apart again to fix the oil leak at minimum but I'd hate to do all that work just to have it blow out again.
Thoughts?