i had to bend it a lil to clear the crank but thats it. its not pointed in the exact same direction as all the other ones tho. could that be the problem? but anyway shouldnt the compression be higher then 210 and 200 on itr pistons with "new rings?"

 

If I remember correctly your numbers should be closer to 230 across the board. I'm sure the oil squirter isn't causing the problem...the model numbers were different because of the way the are angled. You do know a new squirter would have only cost you like $20 to have a matching b18c1 squirter.

 

so you took the whole thing apart and bought another headgasket and did not redo the rings when apart?and you don need copper spray shit..so out of the 3-4 people who know a thing or 2 that posted what it could be you did not even change it?and the oil jets are all the same..and that dont open till i think around 65psi or so they dont run during idel

 

^^^ it was a little difficult to read your post. but the copper spray is not the culprit here.

to the op, the only thing that kind of scares me is the 10psi difference on cylinder number 1. i know everyone is goind to be like oh its ONLY 10 psi difference, but it really is more because that cylinder has oil in it so that is going to elevate the number on that cylinder. YOU NEED A LEAK DOWN TEST PERFORMED. it is not expensive to have done.

 

what im saying is if he took it all apart why did he not change rings then...did not say the copper spray was the problem its just not needed on a build

 

He wasn't referring to your post rang. And we don't know why he didn't change the rings out but that is most definitely the issue. Leak down will tell you for certain and most shops charge between $20-$30 to do one of these for you...much better than you keep driving it like this and destroying the cylinder walls.

Rang, will he need to rehone it? Or does he only have to do that if the cross hatching isn't visible?

 

i could not say..but if the rings or ring in cyl1 are chipped then they could be making grooves in the walls and then will need to be bored over..do you have any pictures of your spark plugs?and his right leak down is cheap hell harborfright even sells a pretty good leakdown tester for 55$ you can make your money back testing others cars..its pretty easy to use and you can loook online how to read the gauges when you do it

 

you could even try to take the other headgasket back to autozone and give them a sad story and maybe get the 58$ back for it then have it tested

 

All the rings were installed properly , valve seals were replaced , and a thorough valve job was performed , before this the car burned a little oil but ran great . Pulled the head off again , because of a very low compression reading and now it appears that the head gasket is not sealing properly, there is most deffinately a headgasket problem because if u pull the plugs there are puddles of liquid on top of the pistons espescially 1 and 4 and that thick ass white smoke

 

The rings gave me a bit of trouble compressing them (cheap ass ring compressor) but there were no visible breaks in any of the rings and they were clocked properly also it seems like everytime the head is pulled another problem arises.more smoke different color smoke lower compression , but absolutely no overheating