Last spring I blew up my engine when I leaned it outwith my new blower and
melted a piston.My first indication something was going wrong was that
particles from the melting piston closed up the electrode on the plug.So this
past October , on my second run of the weekend at Maxton I again find a plug
closed up so I assumed that I had melted another piston because I hadn't
properly set up the carb for this blower I installed.I was pretty bummed out
cause it is a long way to go for only one decent run . So last Friday night I
finally yanked the heads to see how bad it is-Guess what-no burnt piston at
all-the engine had ingested some junk soft metal and it had swirled around in
the numbers 2 and 7 cylinders and closed up the plug in number seven-so we
decided to call it a day-and stopped running the car-and I'm glad I did-because
the damage to the top of the pistons is so slight I'm going to button it up
again . The metal is a mystery to me. The blower is intact, it couldn't have
come from the fuel lines or water injection-how it got into the engine -I may
never know -but for the cost of a few gaskets I'm back in business. So the
dread of having to yank the motor has turned into attention to other details of
the car.But I am going to inspect everything very closely to make sure this
doesn't happen again.I may make it to Maxton again this year.A few months ago I
had already decided I couldn't but now maybe I can.I'm a happy guy once again.
Scott
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