Timing Chain Questions ?

Each had different goals for their engines. For the US market, the 6 was the bottom of the line allowing you to go from point A to B.
In overseas markets, the 6 was a step up as was our 8.

in any case, the two very low compressions are a concern........ if adjacent, like said, head gasket blown is possible, or it's possible it's a coincidence they are next to each other.
In any case, any time you have more than a 10% difference, you have an abnormal compression pattern and should be suspect...............
You can do a leakdown check. You can pull the valve cover and see what's operating and what's not, and get a close check on the valve timing that way as well, depending on the tools you have and the specs you have available.

Not on just two cylinders.......... a blown head gasket could be sudden and impact 2 cylinders that are next to each other (because I can't spell adjacent, I used that phrase instead)

Thanks  I think I must have a blown head gasket, color of inside rad tells me it got hot at one time.

poormansMACHINE wrote: What color are you seeing that says overheat??

Lots of pretty colors - a virtual rainbow!

LOL - white milky could mean trouble.
Rusty means it's simply old and hasn't been changed in years and the anti-oxidation chemicals are toast.

If it's got a horrible bitter smell out the tail, that's not a good thing, Martha.