ok, i was driving down the street and my traction bar hit one of those man whole sewage things, it was a hard hit. i started to leak a little coolant from the radiator and the car started to run horrible. it sounded like it was only running on 2 cylinders or something. i checked timing and its all fine, plugs are fine. there are no other leaks beside the coolant from the raditor. its a 1990 hatch, boosted b16. any help or input would be great.

 

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Its really hard to say what it could be. When you hit the traction bar did the car immediately there after start running like **** or did it start to run like **** a few days later? Are you sure you didn't lose coolant and overheat causing your headgasket to go? Maybe its just a coinsidence that your car just started to run like pooh. I dunno some more details might help thats for sure.

 

ya, when it hit it started to run horribley right away. i didnt loose that much coolant, and i made sure to watch the temp gauge the whole way home, it didnt go above the half.

 

did a compression check today, from left to right
90 110 150 170.

any ideas?

 

blown head gasket between the 90-110 psi cylinders???

 

ya but hitting a bump like that shouldnt just cause the head gasket to blow.

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im stumped so far...

 

Did coolant get on your dizzy that can cause a miss.

 

i dont think anything did, the radiator broke at the very bottom, just a slight crack. i really dont want to do a headgasket if that isnt the problem, so any input on this would be great.

 

your compression numbers are bad, do a leakdown test see where the problem is.

I doubt its your headgasket, sounds like an ignition problem, hard hits and bangs cant often knock things loose.

 

I agree number on the test don't look good at all. Sounds like it could be a headgasket.Or something else if its making really bad noises especially stop driving it if u already havent and time to tear it apart hitting that did something bad . Even if u messed up ur radiator doesn't mean something else didn't happen at the same time.

 

ya we are doing a headgasket today and then checking everything n anything .

 

got the head off n the head gasket looks fine :/ cylinder walls look great n valves look good. what could be causing the low compression?

 

did your intercooler couple come off? seems to odvious but just throwing that out...