Should this cause no compression?

[95DsManiac]

Like some of you may already know, my engine took a turn on me couple Wednesdays ago. Come to find out I had no compression in cylinder 2 and 3. Well after finally getting the passenger axle out the way (broke it should i say) I decided to pull the head. I also checked base timing before doing so and to my surprise it was spot on. I finally get the head off (which is kinda hard for doing it by myself being 5'5" and the car being jacked up ) and I found this:


Would this cause there to be no compression in 1 and 2?

 

[Alex7747]

Not to be an ass but i mean look at it... of course that would cause very little to no compression.. thats a huge ass hole the air is escaping from.

Check and make sure your surfaces are in spec and if they are, replace the head gasket.

 

[95DsManiac]

Well you are being an ass jk, but yea I thought that but I always ask on here to confirm. I have OCD. So it's like I have to hear from someone else too. But yea I'm not worried about it because I'm building a 6 bolt block as we speak and just wanted to see if this was the culprit. Because on the way to the track a couple Wednesdays ago my car took a turn and I did a compression test a couple days later and found zero compression in 2-3. I thought bent valves so I immediately started ordering parts to do my build because I was like F it, might as well do it now! And today I found that the gasket was like that and I think I might have just replaced the gasket if I knew but now it's too late . Already spent 4300 in a week. Thanks though.

Anthony B.

 

[Alex7747]

Well you are being an ass jk, but yea I thought that but I always ask on here to confirm. I have OCD. So it's like I have to hear from someone else too. But yea I'm not worried about it because I'm building a 6 bolt block as we speak and just wanted to see if this was the culprit. Because on the way to the track a couple Wednesdays ago my car took a turn and I did a compression test a couple days later and found zero compression in 2-3. I thought bent valves so I immediately started ordering parts to do my build because I was like F it, might as well do it now! And today I found that the gasket was like that and I think I might have just replaced the gasket if I knew but now it's too late . Already spent 4300 in a week. Thanks though.

Anthony B.

Haha yeah i was joking, but damn! $4,300 before even knowing what was wrong?? Hope you learned your lesson . You should always take things apart to see the damage before trying to buy parts

 

[95DsManiac]

Yea but I wanted to build a block anyways. I knew my stock 7 bolt wasn't going to put up with much more abuse. I was running it hard daily at 22psi flowing 46.8lbs/min and it had 143,000ish miles on it. And I had a 6 bolt block and wanted to do the swap and build it at the same time, so it's like a lose win situation. And now I can do a wire tuck and relocate things to clean up the engine bay a little. Wish me luck .

Anthony B.