Possible little balls of metal--1)radiator stop-leak; 2) JC Whitney
pellets that are claimed to rebuild the engine from the inside out,
raising compression, lowering fuel consumption, eliminating oil use,
cleaner air, better love life and improved grades in all grad school
classes.
Bob
On Sun, 14 Feb 1999 12:31:50 -0600 Tyson Sherman <mts3@ra.msstate.edu>
writes:
>Some of you may recall my sticking oil pressure relief valve troubles
>that have plagued my 76 B most of this year. Well I'm happy to report
>it's running well again. The valve still sticks a little. But I have
>found why. There are little balls of metal (think of bird shot
>shotgun
>bullets, or maybe shot-peening material) - VERY small, but perfectly
>round. They are jamming between the valve and its bore.
>
>My question is: 1) How did they get here; is there something in the
>engine that just produces these, because I can't seem to get them out?
>2) How do I get them out?
>
>I have flushed the engine several times, and unstick the valve as it
>sticks. I installed a magnetic drain plug. But is that enough? I
>refuse to remove and tear down the engine again this year (already
>done
>it twice, as the car has been broken more months than it has worked).
>This is otherwise a great-running, good-looking and once extremely
>reliable B. In fact this sticking valve is about the only problem
>I've
>had with it this year. I just need to figure out how to get this out
>of
>my engine.
>
>Any ideas? thanks.
>
>--
>Tyson Sherman
>mts3@ra.msstate.edu
>ICQ# 10494960
>http://www.tecinfo.com/~tsherman
>
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