checking for cracked head or bad head gasket..

ya, i soaked all the water up in the valley and poured the cheap oil in for temp.. im going to do a compression check on it tomorrow and see what the numbers are...if they are good then im going to guess its not a head gasket if there not in the 170-180 range im going to pull the motor.. this cam should have a effective compression if 8.5 my first cam had the same effective compression, so if the cranking numbers are similar im going to assume the head gaskets are fine.