Water in oil

[Early]

Have a 1985 Jeep Cherokee, with 2.8 V-6. no smoking exhaust, uses maybe 1 qt of oil between oil changes, started to overheat, added water, after a few days water went down again, checked oil, had atleast 2 qts water in oil. thought i must have a blown head gasket, took compression check and altho not the best compression, no one cyl was not much diff than the rest, always thought with a blown head gasket it would show up in a compression check. How else can water get in the oil. Thanks for any suggestions--Early

[__LEE__]

A crack in the head or block

[Birt]

the gasket could be leaking between the opil and water galleries. This would not generally show on a compression test.