1998 Chevy Lumina

Tiny
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Engine Mechanical problem
1998 Chevy Lumina 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic

I put new heads and headgaskets on and also new intake gaskets and when I roll it over it sounds like there is no compession. What would it be?
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 AT 10:27 AM

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Tiny
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How did you go about setting the valves?
Do a compression test.
Let me know
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 AT 10:39 AM
Tiny
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I went out to try rolling it over now it wants to start but the battery is low charging it now but car kicked over
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 AT 11:16 AM
Tiny
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Going to be off line for a few hours so post your results and lets get that puppy running.
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 AT 11:22 AM
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Thank you for your help the car ran but there is water in the oil so we are going to change the oil and we also put new plugs in it.
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 AT 12:35 PM
Tiny
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Glad it is running you figure the water got in oil during the head change? Let me know if I can assist
Happy Motoring
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 AT 2:56 PM
Tiny
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The lumina runs now but check engine light is on do I have to reset the computer
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 AT 4:12 PM
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Go to Auto Zone they will code for free and ask them to clear. Then post code I'll check into it
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 AT 4:25 PM

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