[TR] Have I blown a gasket?

[Randall]

---- Lee&John Howard <leejohn7 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Holy smokes - broken piston or rings? this engine is virtually new! If so,
> I have only yours truly to blame.
> I'll do the leak-down, just to confirm that its a cylinder issue, then
> check the valve train, then remove the head and examine the gasket. If it
> is blown, can I stop there, or should I drop the pan and inspect the
> pistons?

Hard to say, but if it were my engine, that is what I would do.  Dropping the pan isn't that hard, and I think it unlikely that you are getting that much oil (enough to drop from the plug) past the head gasket.

I knew I had a problem (from the huge clouds of oil smoke chasing me down the freeway), but this engine was still running:
http://tinyurl.com/jw3v4av

Randall