Heres a very unlikey suggestion, but i guess it could happen- leaky valve
stem seals on one cylinder filling it with oil overnight or over time,
giving it extra high compression due to the oil sealing the rings extra well
compared to the rest. Just a thought.......
Adam Fox
----- Original Message -----
From: <CalSpeed@aol.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 8:43 AM
Subject: Starter / Compression
> Hello,
>
> For the past few years my starter has been acting strange. Sometimes it
> crnaks nice but then it started to stall when the motor has been driven
for
> awhile and it got alittle hot. One of the things that it has done was to
> stall out temporarily while cranking. It sounded like it was cranking
three
> cylinders and then the fourth it would stall or hesitate until it passed
over
> that cylinder.
>
> Anyway, I changed the starter to a new unit and it cranks strong but it
still
> does that stall / hesitation over one of the cylinders. What would this
> mean? Does it have something to do with compression?
>
> Currently, my Roadster is running nice and strong. No problems at all
with
> the motor.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Calspeed
>
>
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