Have you ever done a head gasket before? Is that a straight 6 or V6? Unfortunately I am not familiar with that car. Do you know what the compression was before? What readings did you get?

Do not lose "situational awareness". What this means is do not get so preoccupied with one particular question that you lose sight of other more obvious things.

Mike

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra