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Jimster480

does it burn coolant normally? because it sounds like you could possibly have a small leak in your HG and coolant/water is seeping into the cylinders while the motor is off, makiing it difficult to start. That is what happened to me last year, when i had a finicky headgasket.

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Jimster480

could be a oil or water buildup around the valves, or just coolant in the cylinders.

johnzy00

any chance when you hit that rock it jumped a tooth or so on your timing?

itsnotfast

Definitely sounds like coolant buildup in the cylinders. The problem is likely unrelated to the oil pan incident, unless you overheated the **** out of your engine in which case you probably would have severe bearing problems as well. You probably have a pin hole leak in the head gasket.

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Jimster480

from a tiny leak in the headgasket which allows the coolant to slowly seep in as the motor is off. But when it is on (if its leaking at all when its on) its too little for you to notice. Its just like with my turbo seals atm, when i turn the car off for a while the oil from the turbo slowly seeps into the back housing. SO when i turn the car on and the exhaust starts to heat up, it smokes until the oil is blown out (either by me accelerating, or just slowly burning off). But once that happens the exhaust doesnt smoke.

itsnotfast

Line up the lower marks on the timing cover and the crank pulley and take you valve cover off and make sure all the marks are lining up to spec.

It has to be a pin hole leak in the head gasket. A compression test may not give accurate readings as water/coolant can not be compressed and may read higher if its only a pin hole leak. Take the rad cap off and see if you are getting bubbling as the car is running.