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96 Escort

Tiny
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96 ford escort lx 1.9 140k miles, put a new head on about a year ago app 20k miles ran ok until last week, it stalled at a light and wouldn't start again. I get fuel to the rail about 40 psi, I get spark on all four plugs but compression is low.(75 on 1 & 2, 35 on 3 and 50 on 4) if it was the head gasket woudn't it be normal on 2 or 3 cylinders?
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 AT 10:53 AM

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Tiny
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Not necessarily, a warped head for example can give poor reading across the board.
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 AT 11:14 AM
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One other thought is the vin 8 motor is an interference motor and if it jumped timing, the valves may be bent.
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