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no compression in engine?

my engine lost all oil and water whilst i was driving. the vheicle is a 95 plate ford escort 1.4. i had a mechanic look at the car and he is confussed. he did a compression check to find no compression. will this be a head gasket or just a seal

andy brown
October 2009
if you lost all water and oil it's possible that your engine will have overheated and piston rings have siezed in there grooves causing there to be a lack of compression,also pistons themselves will have picked up in bores scoring them.

k
October 2009
The mechanic should have found at least some compression on a couple of cylinders - which would indicate a head gasket problem. If he didn't find any compression on any cylinder, maybe the timing belt has snapped.

John
October 2009
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