So tomorrow i'm dropping in a scope to look in the cylinder. Have a really good one!
I took off the exhaust cam today to look for broken valve springs, etc. I want to try pressurize the cylinder with out the cams on it just to determine if its a lifter or not. The rocker area looks disgusting!
i forgot to mention, when i got the truck i found almost 11 litres of oil in it! that was about 3000 miles ago. i can tell who ever had this before did not do regular oil changes, and i'm guessing they used regular gas also.
I bought it cheap so i can't really complain about the work ahead to be fair.
The question i have is, can i lifter extend and stick keeping a valve slightly open when it should be closed? not enough to touch the piston but just enough to cause 40 pounds compression?