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Perhaps your initial assumption (blown head gasket) is possible given the low compression you are experiencing coupled with that milky looking oil drain.
Probably because he mentioned this in post #2: "If you turn the fan by hand (the crank pulley and pulley bolt are turning) the generator head does not turn." So unless the gen head is not bolted up to flywheel there is a disconnect...ie broken crank.
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