They will lock the thread but not delete it,they will leave it for viewing. He said he did a compression test on one of the pages. After seeing what I have seen, I don't believe him. I think he wants to unload the car because he doesn't know what to do, I do though. Yeah I live in atlanta. I'm going to bring my compression tester and a catch can and some other things. My friend who is a master toyota tech and has had many sr20det's, thinks that it could be blowby due to no vacuum from a pre turbo source to the valve cover. He also said that he has misdiagnosed ring prblms before, usually due to pcv problems