<html><body><div>Thanks for the response and I'll check it all out this weekend and let you know what I find, which I think will be a head gasket failure.</div><div><br></div><div>Rye</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>On Oct 15, 2015, at 08:21 AM, Randall <TR3driver@ca.rr.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><div class="_stretch"><span class="body-text-content"><span class="body-text-content"> <br><br></span></span><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">What I really</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">don't understand is how #3 got bad too. I didn't touch #2, 3</blockquote><blockquote class="quoted-plain-text" type="cite">and 4 and they were prefect before?</blockquote><span class="body-text-content"><br>So obviously a new problem. With that much oil on the plug and "tons" of smoke, I'm going to guess the piston broke somehow,<br>perhaps a manufacturing defect. Normally oil smoke is blue, but the blue color isn't always obvious, especially if the cylinder<br>isn't running at all.<br><br>But you won't know for sure until you've got it apart. Personally, I wouldn't bother with even a compression check, let alone leak<br>down. Whatever the problem is, will be obvious with the head off and the piston out.<br><br>Don't forget to check the ring end gap. New rings are often supplied slightly oversize, even when included in a liner set. And a<br>too-tight ring can lead to a broken piston without making any obvious noise. Lots of other possibilities of course, so just one<br>more thing to check.<br><br>-- Randall<br><br></span></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>