I recently bough a used Mazda protege 2003 FS-DE 2.0L non turbo (150000miles) with what I tough was a blown head gasket. The car blew white smoke out the tailpipe and was low on power and couldnt rev above 2000rpm.
So I took the cylinder head apart and found an oily substance which I assume was motor oil. The intake and exhaust was full of black oil. The cat converter was clogged with burned oil so I replaced it. The intake valves looked cleaned but the exhaust valves were full of oily cruddy carbon deposit. So I pressure washed the head and cleaned it. I also relaped the the valves and replaced the valve seals. I cleaned the EGR vavle. And put the cylinder head and everything back together.
When I started the car the smoke came back but the power was restored because I replaced the cat converter. Upon further inspection I removed the spark plugs and found a layer of oil in all 4 cylinders. Oil is also barely making it way to the cam shaft. I tried doing a pressure test but receive what I believe to be false reading. 70 130 70 70. I doubt that these are accurate considering that I can easily go up hill and rev to 6000 with a problem. I dont think its the ring since they were covered in oil and the oil remain on the cylinder. I dont understand the problem because beside the burning oil, the engine sound normal. Why oil is flowing in all 4 cylinder?
I need help diagnosing the problem. Please help
I would rather avoid replacing the whole engine, but its potentially an option
(If posted this in the wrong section I apologize)
So I took the cylinder head apart and found an oily substance which I assume was motor oil. The intake and exhaust was full of black oil. The cat converter was clogged with burned oil so I replaced it. The intake valves looked cleaned but the exhaust valves were full of oily cruddy carbon deposit. So I pressure washed the head and cleaned it. I also relaped the the valves and replaced the valve seals. I cleaned the EGR vavle. And put the cylinder head and everything back together.
When I started the car the smoke came back but the power was restored because I replaced the cat converter. Upon further inspection I removed the spark plugs and found a layer of oil in all 4 cylinders. Oil is also barely making it way to the cam shaft. I tried doing a pressure test but receive what I believe to be false reading. 70 130 70 70. I doubt that these are accurate considering that I can easily go up hill and rev to 6000 with a problem. I dont think its the ring since they were covered in oil and the oil remain on the cylinder. I dont understand the problem because beside the burning oil, the engine sound normal. Why oil is flowing in all 4 cylinder?
I need help diagnosing the problem. Please help
I would rather avoid replacing the whole engine, but its potentially an option
(If posted this in the wrong section I apologize)