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Re: Vacuum Troubleshoot

To: "Berrie Watson (ADM)" <bwatson@bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
Subject: Re: Vacuum Troubleshoot
From: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 13:53:52 -0500 (EST)
On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Berrie Watson (ADM) wrote:

> Hello all
> 
> Thanks to the list, my brakes have been overhauled, and I have put in new
> rod bearings, due to a "weird tapping noise".  Unfortunately, when
> starting up (got oil pressure started w/o plugs first) I still got the
> noise.  
> 
> Upon further inspection, I found that neither 1 or 2 cyl. weren't firing.
> I checked spark, and it seemed ok, so I suspected the SU's.  I cleaned

> leak?  Is there something else I can check?

I would certainly wonder if the noise and the lack of power from two 
cylinders might not indicate a bad lobe or two or three on your cam.  

   Ray Gibbons  Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
                Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
                gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu  (802) 656-8910


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