Hello again all. Well i finally got the time to strip the engine down. Today, i pressure tested prior to stripping and all seemed ok. I inspected the manifolds and elbows and can see that i did have a slight leak on one of the connecting surfaces so will get those skimmed. I'm assuming this is the cause of water in Cyl 2. Condition of the manifolds is otherwise very good.
On removing the rocker covers, i have found that i have 3 exhaust valve springs cracked and one inlet. The cylinder with no compression was the one with both inlet and outlet cracked. They were all new springs last year!! Can anyone advise what would have caused these to crack?
Finally, as i expected, i still have major water mixing into the oil in the top of the 'V' under the inlet and under the rocker covers. It is thick thick milkshake, however, the oil in the sump is not bad at all.. Very confusing and i have no idea where it is coming from.
I've taken the inlet manifold, heads and exhaust manifolds to a head workshop to be inspected, skimmed, pressure tested etc
I did have a slight pass on the head gaskets but it only seemed to be between cylinders and not the water ways so i cannot for the life of me figure out where the water is coming from in the oil!
I realize this is potentially 2 separate problems (or not..?) but please please help me out as its starting to get the better of me and simply replacing the block / engine is not a financial option for me at the moment.
As always, thanks in advance for any advice!
Stu