1997 Sidekick Sport

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Charged my battery and pulled the plugs.  Carbon on #3 and #4 plugs mostly 4.  Turned engine over and #4 had water/AF shoot out. It was not as colorful as the 50/50 mixture in the radiator.  The leak is around #4 cylinder and it was immediate.
Not good?  Could it just be a valves?
Hoping for the best!!!
No indication of water on the dipstick.
I guess it needs to be torn apart to determine if gasket or cracked block.

Thanks.
I hope this warming today helps N. TX!

just the head gasket is bad.not valves, water never touches any valve.
can be, just gasket.
the head is hugely water cooled.  and has water passages to it via the gasket (head)
if the head warps,. the gasket will let water to lots of wrong places. (combustion chamber, will suck it in as piston goes down)
or head is loose, or head bolts snapped, they do that at thread root first one top of first thread, snap, when old. and never good thing after.

I wish you luck in finding true causes and simple cures. (not costly) just  gaskets and or milling head/