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Re: percy's engine woes

To: dartvax!bu.edu!Stardent.COM!jmuller@wrath.cs.cornell.edu (Jim Muller),
Subject: Re: percy's engine woes
From: garnett@theory.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Roger Garnett)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 1990 08:51:46 EST
On Nov 16, 11:50am, Jim Muller wrote:
} Subject: percy's engine woes
} 
} camshaft is badly worn and that extremely little oil is getting to
} the top end.  They pulled the rocker shaft, pushrods, and tappets,
etc.

Jim- your best bet is a pull the engine, full rebuild. Why? Well, you
stand a better chance of finding the source of the problem. It could
be bad bearings, pump, etc, (was your oil pressure low, or not?) Or, there
could be a plugged oil passage somewhere. In the head, or the block?
It's better to flush all passages now, than suffer a re-occurance.
You can have the block tanked, which should clean _everything_.  
Yea, I know the full job isn't cheap. Especially if you're paying
someone to do everything. At least you should end up with an engine good
for the next 100K...
Roger



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