Originally Posted by mcneil

Hey, that sounds like a good idea, I was thinking of balancing an egg on the camshaft to see if the lobes were worn.

Ok, in seriousness, I think I'm done with the improvised diagnostic testing.

The last thing I did before I cleaned up for the week was fill up #5 with some 15W-40 and see how long it takes to drain. It doesn't. I interpret that as an intact piston.

Injectors are going back in for now, and I'm going to keep driving it till I can order parts for a head job and plan out a weekend to pull the head.

Thanks everyone for the help, I'll post pictures of the insides when I get the head off.


..one other thing.. what the heck does "let the dog see the rabbit" mean? I mean.. I had a Labrador, I trained him for birds, and every time he saw a rabbit he'd watch it run away before he got the notion in his head to chase it. Then he'd look at me askance as if to say "I don't think that was a bird, but whatever it was, weren't you supposed to shoot it so I could bring it back?"