many issues. COMBO car.
will do them in order of show stopper.
overheating:
the holes you mention are on the back side of the WP seal.
if that seal is bad then the bearings are toast, ( no buts...)
the wp is junk , ignore it and it WILL strand you and possible warp the head or crack the block. why risk that?
Bad Head gasket.
Does your engine eat coolant for breakfast, hard to tell with bad WP.
if it does , then it has a serious issue here.
there is a test (cheap ) that checks for exhaust gases in the RAD.
this test will save you lots of guessing.
Last; timing.
Both kinds:
If this is a high mileage car then it probably needs a new Timing belt.
you didnt say if it was a 16v or 6 valve. if the latter is Interferance type. Snap, boom there goes an the engine.
Tje OBD2code reader just said misfire.! hummm....
but then again, it really is not that always. (spark wise)
in english what it should really say is:
Something is causing one of my cyclinders to not produce the proper power level ( it measures dynamic crank accereration "Power").
could be igniton, could be weak compression, burned valve ,cracked piston or a bad head gasket.
I'd get a full compresson test , just based on worry of head gasket.
I'd pull a full 60k mile tune up and a new Tbelt and idler and pump.
assuming the compression is good.
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