Low compression cylinders two and four

Tiny
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  • 2011 FORD TAURUS
  • 3.5L
  • V6
  • TURBO
  • AWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 58,000 MILES
Hi, I got into an accident in my car listed above it is the SHO model. My car ran perfectly before my accident. I thought I just needed a new rim and to replace the inner fender well and bottom splash guard. I was crossing railroad tracks and my wheel went off of the cement panel and slammed down extremely hard. After the rim was fixed, I picked up my car and drove it to the grocery store. I came out and my car would not start, battery was drained. We had to try to jump my car for over and hour and finally it started. Then I get home and notice my car is leaking some sort of oil and running super rough and bouncing when the car was almost at a stop. I took the car to a separate mechanic and he told me my car was leaking from the power train unit (PTU) and the force from my accident definitely could have caused that to leak. He put a diagnostic tester on the engine and apparently my car now has super low compression in cylinder two and four. Like running on sixty and the sixth cylinder is running at 160. He said that he highly doubts that my accident could have caused the engine problem. The insurance will pay for the PTU repair but will not pay for the engine because the mechanic cannot figure out how my accident caused the engine damage. I know it had to cause the problem because my car ran perfectly before I slammed off of the track. I was going about thirty mph when my car slipped off the cement and slammed down to a complete stop, then I had to force the car to drive over the second rail to get off the tracks. Please, please help me!
Thursday, July 20th, 2017 AT 6:52 PM

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Tiny
KEN L
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Hello,

That is strange, but I need to agree with the mechanic, I do not think the accident could have caused the engine damage unless foreign particles got inside the engine somehow. Do you have pictures of the car when it has damaged so I can see if that was possible?

Please let us know what happens.

Cheers, Ken
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Friday, July 21st, 2017 AT 11:18 AM
Tiny
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No I do not. The car does not have any outer damage. It all happened underneath the right passenger side. I hit so hard when my car fell off the track and my wheels instantly stopped when I hit. If the damaged sustained was enough to blow my PTU, how is not plausible that it could have blown some sort of seal in the engine? All I know is that my car ran perfect before the accident, and now several things are wrong with it. It was caused by the accident, I just have to figure out how. Thank you for your feedback.
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Friday, July 21st, 2017 AT 12:22 PM
Tiny
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The engine is metal so there is no seal that could do this. Something would have to get into the engine and cause the damage. Did the oil pan get wrecked too?
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Friday, July 21st, 2017 AT 2:47 PM
Tiny
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I don't know the answer to that, but I will ask. I was wondering if something could have blew past the head gasket or something. It does blow a big cloud of smoke when I start it.
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Friday, July 21st, 2017 AT 5:55 PM
Tiny
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Can a bad engine control module cause the car to have bad compression in 2 cylinders?
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Friday, July 21st, 2017 AT 6:00 PM
Tiny
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Nope, Either all will never low or none of them will. It can't single out particular cylinders.
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Saturday, July 22nd, 2017 AT 12:10 PM

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