AussieBMWnut
Newbie
Hi all, i have just purchased a BMW E46 318i with a N42B20AB. So got it Cheap as it was not running. Got it home hooked up a good battery and it fired up but running on 2 to 3 cyls.I removed the coils and 3 out of 4 looked Faulty/Damaged. No 2-plug tube was half full of engine oil, so i sucked that out before removing the plugs all of which were only finger tight. All plugs looked very poor but 2 worse than the other 2. So, i did a compression test and all 4 cyls were around 150psi. BUT no 2 cyl was pushing water out while testing the other 3 cyls. So before i drop 4 new plugs and coils in and see what happens, Has anybody seen water only into the plug tubes or a head gasket fractured to water port but still maintaining compression. Side note it has water in the oil that i am hopping to be an oil cooler. Thank you in advance for any insight.