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Re: [TR] [6pack] Carbon on top of pistons - engine experts please

To: tr3driver@ca.rr.com
Subject: Re: [TR] [6pack] Carbon on top of pistons - engine experts please
From: DLylis@aol.com
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 08:11:59 EDT
Chapter Two
 
When I took my SAAB to have the motor replaced (the insurance company  
insisted on a used motor, not a rebuilt), the mechanic at the SAAB garage told  
me 
that a surprisingly small amount of water could cause this.  Less than a  
thimble full as I recall he said will reduce the compression chamber volume to  
the 
point that the piston can't push against it any longer, and as I think Cole  
Porter said "Somethin's gotta give".  (Not Cole Porter the mechanic,  rather, 
the composer).
FWIW
 
David  Lylis
69 TR6 CC26160L
60 TR3A TS74461LO



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