bad rings most likely burnt valves i would also suspect a blown head gasket between those 2 cylinders
It may need spark plugs/wires. And while you're at it, run a compression test. If the compression is low in one or more cylinders it will make those cylinders less likely to operate properly.
You may have a blown head gasket. If you have a compression tester available, check compression on all four cylinders andcompare the readings. If adjacent cylinders read lower compression than the other two, it is likely the head gasket is blown.
You may have compression on any cylinder where the valves happen to be closed, but you will not have compression on all cylinders. 1991 Sable does not have a 305 engine.
It may not have enough compression on adjacent cylinders because of a blown head gasket or there may be 2 restricted fuel injectors or their may be a major vacuum leak.
A miss on one or more cylinders and lack of power. Remove all spark plugs, remove the coil wire and run a compression check on all cylinders. The ones with low compression may have a burnt valve.
You also need compression for the fuel/air mixture to ignite. Check all cylinders for compression. The compression should be higher than125 psi. You may have a bad headgasket.
The short answer is "yes". How low is low? And is compression low, and equal between adjacent cylinders? If you squeeze the radiator hose while trying to start the engine, can you feel pulsations? If the answer is yes to either question, you may have a bad head gasket.
not long If you are saying that you only have 50 psi compression on two of the cylinders, then you need to find out why those two cylinders are that low on compression. You may have burnt valves, broken rings, or a blown head gasket. A blown head gasket is very serious and should be repaired ASAP. Stop driving the car until you find out why the compression is low.
not if all the cylinders are even, you may have some leak down past the rings but unless your having differences greater than 20psi I would not worry
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Check the compression. If compression is down you may have put the timing belt on wrong. If it's down for only one or two cylinders, your engine may have damaged itself when the old timing belt gave out.
on average about 150 psi is considered normal. if you have more than 10 percent difference between the highest and lowest cylinders you may consider rebuilding.