1994, loss of compression on upgrade and..

[givemesomebeak]

when beginning acceleration. It's blowing gray smoke.
There's no noise from the engine, it's sounds the same.
Smoke started yesterday, but I kinda waved it off cause
at 2 degrees (F) outside and I only drive 1 3/10 of a mile
to work. I was thinking it's cold.
But this morning when I left work it was around 35 degrees
and I saw the exhaust smoke was heavy and lost compression
going uphill.
The oil pressure is OK.
Can it be the PCV? I'm guessing it's under the engine cover.

Gee, 2 days before Christmas, I don't need this!

[givemesomebeak]

talked to 2 more mechanics, both said it's got to be a cracked head.
But it's not.
Changed the oil, there was more fluid than it should have been.
it's looks watery. But smell like gas.

[givemesomebeak]

Well, still trying to figure out what caused the loss of compression.

After the oil was changed and a couple of bottles of fuel injector cleaner
and gas dryer. Everything is normal, power has been restored!

I'm still not sure what caused the problem. I'm assuming it was a blockage of some sort in the fuel system.

[the blur]

replace the spider FI unit, and fire both mechanics.

[givemesomebeak]

hehehehe, Glad I was only asking those Mechanics in passing,
Good thing I never hired one of them!

Thanks for the reply. I'll keep that in mind if/when I have anymore
trouble out of it. I had bought gas in a different area, the price was
lower and I had never used that brand before. And that may have been a factor when the temp hit -6 and the problem began.
Well the temp was 7 degrees this am when I left work. It didn't give me
any trouble.

The AWD Safari did a great job last yr in the Snow (Had a total of 102"
for last winter). It's does better that my 94 Dogde Ram 1500 ever did.
But I MISS being able to open the hood and have all that room to
work on it. Everything on the van is a P.I.T.A. to get to.