So after doing a 2nd gear pull the other day, lots of coolant hit the windshield and of course a ton of smoke. So after taking a look i see the radiator is leaking at the top by the welds. Did a compression test, came back 180, 90, 176, 179. Cylinder 2 very low, theres no coolant when checking the dipstick. Im leaning towards a compression ring maybe, any ideas?

 

You probably lifted your head/blew your HG seal around the low compression cyclinder and pressurized your coolant system. Are you missing any freeze plugs?

 

no, not missing any freeze plugs.

 

Bump

 

You can just leak pressure into the coolant without mixture of oil. You will need to replace the headgasket. Obviously your building a ton of pressure in your cooling system with the leaking issue your experiencing.

 

also noticed this space here, tell me what you think of this.

 

Looks as if someone had the tbelt cover off and cracked the plastic. Notice the small hole? Thats where the tool for the tbelt tensioner goes.

 

So thats no big deal then? Wasnt sure when i seen it.