Had to replace head gasket

[Songsay]

Was driving home one day when all of a sudden it just started sputtering and died in the middle of the intersection.
luckily I was only a block away from home.

Ruled out the usual suspects. So while doing the compression test, 1 and 2 were 150 and 155.
3 and 4 were only 40 lbs. So I placed a capful of oil into the cylinder and psi was now at 50,
but when I did 3 I could hear air coming out of 4 and could see a cloud shooting out of it.
Same thing when I did 4, cloud and hissing coming out of 3.

So I figured head gasket.

Left the exhaust manifold and intake on and climbed up into the engine bay and lifted that sumbish out.

Yep, the little spot on the headgasket between 3 and 4 was gone, and the spot on the gasket between 1 and 2 was nearing the same fate.



It was a 1 day job. Much easier leaving the exhaust and intake on the head. car runs much better than before.

 

Well done, IF you did right you should have also replaced all of your belts.

 

[Songsay]

All the belts were new from the previous owner. So I reused them.
Previous dude had the heads reworked, I know he wasnt a car guy and had the car at a shop where it sat for a long time.
Galant is so easy to work on compared to my 3000gt.