fordguy2100

Yes the same oil you dump into your engine, you pour a few drops down the spark plug holes. You can use an eye dropper if you want/need to. Or a straw even. Then do your compression test on the cylinder. Once done, move onto next cylinder.

10thGenFnatic

thanks for the advice, but just curious whats wrong with rebuilding, if done right, i mean i dont care about the time, i have 3 different daily drivers i can use, and a bike, but isnt rebuilding it from the ground up basically like making it new if you do it right,

mbb

#6 high would be due to carbon, coolant, or oil in that cyl.
in any case, it shows a problem there.

rebuilding by a knowledgeable person, with quality parts, and meticulous attention to detail, cleanliness, and procedure, followed by proper break in can yield an almost as good as new engine.

A bunch of cheap parts slapped together by a sloppy, careless, unknowledgeable person will just yield a pile of junk that self destructs quickly.

If you arent in the first category.......do not bother.

rcairbear

10thGenFnatic

lol i wont be the one rebuilding it, that will be my father who has rebuilt several engines, even semi truck engines so im gonna help him do mine

fordguy2100

If your father rebuilds engines why hasn't he been helping you diagnose this truck from the get go?

white89gt

mapleleaf1773

I know nothing about how to build or rebuild an engine, but after reading posts like this (happens way to much on here) im even more confused. These posts should help people with issues and problems. Doesn't seem to work that way some times eh?

mbb

Hes gotten plenty of help.

Overriding issue....he really doesnt have money or knowledge to fix the truck properly on tight budget.

Older vehicle are good deals only if can afford to maintain and repair them. $1000 /yr in parts for repairs would be cheap, and eventually more $$$ comes up too, requiring deep pockets. But its still way cheaper than new, which is the metric for comparison. But its not free.

Nothing is free to drive unless get really lucky. And that will only last short time.

Imo to replace engine right, even w/used, he need budget 3x what he has. The incidentals add up.

white89gt

If you'd like to see how this has arrived here, go back through all 3 of his usernames, and see how much we have tried to help. Learning just now that his old man is some kind of a mechanic just makes this all the more confusing to us.

Search skylardog123 and jacob_ingram for more. We've beat this horse so many times it's not funny.