blown gasket

I was doing the valve stem seals on my 89 Bronco II. When I noticed on the front most pushrod on cylinder 1 fresh coolant in the lifter valley. You can see it in the photo here. I pumped some of it out and it is as if I came straight out of the coolant reservoir. Did not see any coolant...

2003 2.3 180k Lost compression in cylinder 4 and was low on coolant. I pulled the head and checked for warpage with a precision straight edge. Everything seems to be straight and valves appear to be seated...at least I think, I don't really know how to check the valves beyond visual inspection...