Fleetwin,
I looked into the bottom cylinder yesterday with water on and a flashlight and could not see anything very well. I took a paper towel and twisted it up tightly like a wick and tilted the motor forwards a bit hopping to see if water was coming from head not the exhaust port or seal area and put the piston at almost TDC so I could put twisted paper towel into the cylinder and let it touch the bottom of cylinder. I then turned on the water for a few minutes and pulled out the paper towel. It had absorbed a small amount of water making the end of it wet a little and black about 1/8 inch up the paper towel. I did it again and got the same result.
I decided to pull the cylinder head and I had already done this once and the fire rings on the head gasket looked good but this time I took a razor and removed the head gasket trying not to damage it but it was very brittle and pieces of it came off. After I got it off the block side of the engine it did not look so good I mean the tops of the cylinder where the wear ring on head gasket seat were rusted I am going to post a pic. The water jackets were also due for a good cleaning. I think with motor running the piston acted like a vacuum and was pulling water into the bottom cylinder.
Looking at the cylinder head in the bottom corner you can see where the carbon has been slightly washed away and that is about where I had the paper towel. Also in the exhaust area it looks like the water was leaving the bottom cylinder and washing the lower exhaust area.
The gasket kit is suppose to be here this afternoon our mail runs about 2-4pm so hopefully the new head gasket will fix the issue. I also removed the exhaust cover and have cleaned all that up and inspected it also and its ready for new gaskets.
Thanks,
Joe
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