codyb76 wrote:
Sorry, I went way off on my first post then deleted. I didn't catch the 30psi cold on cyl 2. That long rambling was just pertaining to not taking apar a good running engine strictly because the compression is down a bit on all holes but fairly even. I've seen old 3cyls with 125psi across that work well for ages, although technically the numbers are down from what they should be.
Does your engine run rough? The compression really jumps up once it's been ran. I used to replace the valve stem seals without removing the head. It was tedious but not that hard. If you don't use it a lot and it generally runs ok but the smoke annoys you I'd do them without removing head and just keep in driving it
Can't say I've noticed it running rough but It seemed like the Metro always ran a bit rough even when I got it in 01. It could have been getting worse over the years of course since I cannot compare to when it was much newer. But I don't notice a difference between hot and cold. Now given that the compression even on the low cylinder went up to 130 PSI with oil added I'm inclined to think that may be a case of rings with excessive leakage compared to the others rather than a valve issue. I've recently also noticed some oil in the air intake and on more than one occasion recently I've found the oil dipstick pushed up - I'm guessing possibly due to excess gases in the crankcase possibly due to blowby?
Yes I thought about doing the seals without removing the head but somewhere on another post i recall someone posting that they found it easier to remove the head and also by doing that you get a chance to look and see how things are