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laserburnt'

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Sep 21, 2005
elkhart, Indiana
So what had happened was...
Ran 4 solid passes on the strip, then over to the auto-x, and ran 4 passes there.
This is where things get interesting, after the last pass at the auto-x my car began to overflow the overflow. Conditions were less than favorable with high heat and little time between runs, but anywayz took it back to the pit and parked the car.
My car sat for bout' 4 1/2 hrs. before we decided to load up and leave. Then I get the car loaded on the trailer and strapped down for the haul. Car ran fine, sounded fine drove fine onto the trailer.
FYI..left car in gear on the trailer as my d/s rear caliper wants to hang up upon engaging my e-brake and won't let go unless i "persuade" it to.
After the 4 1/2 hr. journey home, I proceded to unload the car and on my way down the ramp I went to start it, and to my surprise there was no compression...literally! WTF,WTF,WTFFFF!!!!
The engine will turn over, but with no fire, and no compression being heard. NEVER HEARD OF THIS!!!
Two days later I checked the fuel pressure, it's fine, and nothing else is "obviously" sticking out, except for when we checked the timing, the only time the cam gears came together with the timing marks in the center, the crank gear timing mark was 180* out! Figuring at this point, somehow it jumped time.
So far I just pulled the timing cover this afternoon , partially expecting a possible balance shaft belt failure, but it was still intact. So, i'm open to suggetions of like nature, otherwise I'll ###### do a compression check and then onto head removal if necessary.
Any help will be considered and is appreciated in advance!
 
Well it sounds like you should do that compression test and find out what happened from the jumped time.
 
Sounds to me like the Head gasket blew. If you are pushing coolant and have no compression. Do a leak down test.
When you checked the timing marks, were the cam gear dowel pins in the 12:00 o-clock position?
 
yeah, the dowel pins both were up when the gears were in possition.
Will check comp. tomm. afternoon!
Anybody figure how?
 
If your car was running fine then I wouldn't think it's the timing. If all timing marks are in position and it decided not to do anything after it sat forever I doubt the timing belt jumped while you were trailoring it home. I'd go with the headgasket too myself. compression test for sure. If there's no compression then the more lengthy leak down test is to insue. Unless your somehow able to see some kind of coolant leakage anywhere between the block and head
 
Boiling coolant == way too hot. Was the car in the red as far as radiator temps go?

I'd say head gasket as well...
 
if it got hot then you turned the car off it gets even hotter i did that to a mazda motor had cast iron block with aluminum head it was so warped you could put your pinky between the straight edge and head
 
Got the belt and engine back in time and to no surprise...zero compression! The only thing as a considerable attribute was the timing belt lacking tension before we retimed it. Guess it's OFF WITH IT'S HEAD!
 
Could be a cracked head or bad HG. My talon did that and I had to replace the timing belt and HG but it still wouldn't turn on. So we're trashing it.
 
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