Re: No Compression

Posted by Packard Don On 2024/3/2 17:04:58

Removing the head is the best thing to do but if you want to try soaking first and if you use diesel oil, no need to drain the crankcase at this time but you will need to before trying to start it. A little diesel oil won’t hurt but the debris that was loosened and in it definitely will!

Whenever my cars are going to be parked for an extended time (which is all the time) I always put a fuel preserver into the tank. When I went to drain the tank in my 1954 Patrician that had been parked for decades, I was surprised to discover that the petrol still smelled as it should. Of course, it wasn’t very burnable but it hadn’t turned to into something else either.