Check push rods with a flashlight.  They have dropped and are not centered
in the lifters.

Ken Wilford at vanagain.com

On Jan 28, 2017 6:00 PM, "Dave Bohannan" <fjazzbass@gmail.com> wrote:

> Folks…
>
> More of a rant and denial of reality here- but- in order to keep the
> bubbles from entering my coolant I decided to take a quick (ha ha) dive
> into the head retorque on my 1.9er…it really did go flawless…
>
> However…now I’m thinking I may have OVER torqued or done something stupid
> because the compression went down to 0- little to no resistance… have I put
> the rocker arms on too tight? did the retorque pull the heads in too far so
> that the valves are now too tight?
>
> I am planning on a valve adjust next- but what else should I make sure of
> before I do that? Am I missing anything else?
>
> After oil pressure related issues and now this coolant thing- I’m thinking
> of a rebuilt- but would like to delay that even if only a little while
> longer :-D
>
> Dave
> 85 1.9 GL
>