rebuild ?, aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh Options

[treydawgs4g63T]

Ok, my talon is bone stock never seen more the 10 psi ( or whatever stock is ) and Im getting ready to change the head gasket. Im going to just order a .020 over rebuild kit from MACHV.com but have a ?. I have oil in my coolant, and one of the cylinders psi is lower than the others. 1-162 2-163 3-163 4-149 so i figured it is the headgasket. I dont really want to rebuild the motor since I know its never been beat on and I really wanna race on slopony or dsmday.

Should I just replace the headgasket, water pump , and timing belt for now and rebuild it completly in the winter months? pulling the motor twice doesnt bother me.

Or should I just go ahead and do it all now? Again the motor is bone stock and indicates all signs of just a blown headgasket.

If I do it all now I wont have it done by either event and that wouldnt be very cool.

I am probably just going to leave it for now and do it in the winter but just wanted everyones .02 cents.

thanks
Travis

[AWD DSM 1]

stock boost is 12-14 psi.

service limit on cylinder compression is 135. a good motor should be around 150-155. If the motor runs, I'd say you didn't do the compression test correctly. most of the time the motor won't run for shit if it's got compression under 90.

Take your motor to a machine shop before ordering a rebuild kit. Only they will be able to tell you what, if any oversize parts you need. This is exactly the reason I'm not rebuilding my motor right now... I had a kit with all stock parts, but my motor needed bored .40 over and the crank needed turned.

It's hard to know what to do without pulling the motor apart an knowing for sure if it's really a blown headgasket as you think, or if there are other forces at work. Only way to know for sure is to tear it down.