[tnm27]

thanks guys, yeah...the dipstick would pop out about an inch and spray oil over the engine. only one side of the engine was leaking oil and it was were the low compression was coming from(from the side of the dipstick). the valve cover gasket was pretty much crap when i took it out and the so was the head gasket(lots of rips and tears on the side of the leaking oil). but i'm not to sure if that is the real problem. Another friend of mine has a 2g talon turbo. he has the same problem i do (leaking oil on the same side, etc. upset the dipstick problem) but he is running fine. he's had that for about a year now but he does daily driving and no racing.