Last saterday (April 26th), i took the turbo zetec out for a drive to make sure it was ready for Spring Zing. i was doing a couple 0-60 runs when i suddenly have no power. thankfully i was on the back road by my house so i limped it home and parked it, letting it cool for a bit. went back a little later to do a compression test and found the following.
cylinder 1: 115PSI
cylinder 2: 115PSI
cylinder 3: 70PSI
cylinder 4: wouldnt even move the needle.
so i pushed it into the garage and there is sat for the week as i didnt feel like working on it all week.
this past saterday i begin to tear it down. i got the head off and what do i find?
based on the marks on the top of the pistons it appears they were hitting the head. every one is bowed in at the 4 "corners" and they all have small cracks in the lower left "corner". i have yet to pull the block and tear apart the bottom end to see exactly why they started to hit the head but i KNOW they were all perfect when i reinstalled the head just a week prior to the runs. i cant even just replace the pistons as a piece of the piston got ground into the cylinder wall.
I now have to decide what to do with it. obviously i want to rebuild it but that takes money i dont really have. i could part it out but i dont really want to lose this car.