Megan the Merlot M edition

[Senor_Taylor]

Alrighty! So I washed her for the first time with an actual bucket and soap and she shined up nice. Lots of built up wax from where I did a crappy job after Summit. Changed the oil with Rotella T6 and a Fram filter. I also picked up some Marvel Mystery Oil I might try depending on how the engine handles the T6. I wanted to put the new Valve Cover Gasket on before I tested the compression, but I decided to do something correctly for once and do it last so the gasket maker can cure over night.

Compression numbers are better. I think I put too much oil in 1 and 2 on the wet tests. Still not great, but oh well.

Dry:

145,150,130,140

Wet

180, 185,165,165

There is a soft puffing, gurgle noise from the airbox at idle, but it is not a miss. I've read that this could be from the intake being so disgusting, which mine is. I really need to pull it off and soak it in something to clean the insides out. I'm excited to see what it's like once the valve cover is sealed up and it has high quality oil in it.