- 1. Piston rings or valve guides, how to tell? (score: 1)
- Author: Kendel McCarley <kmmccarley@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 15:24:01 -0700
- I'm burning a lot of oil in the "new" car I picked up a couple of weeks ago. The wee thing is going through a quart every fifty miles. One cylinder is fouling the plug. It's also leaving droppings in
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00696.html (8,216 bytes)
- 2. Re: Piston rings or valve guides, how to tell? (score: 1)
- Author: Kendel McCarley <kmmccarley@earthlink.net>
- Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 20:44:16 -0700
- Sorry, I'm talking about a 1275 engined Midget. /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00703.html (8,182 bytes)
- 3. Re: Piston rings or valve guides, how to tell? (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 09:09:42 +0100
- Generally a guide/seal problem shows itself as a big cloud of blue smoke on revving the engine after a long idle. Worn bores/rings can be determined by doing a wet compression test (a teaspoonful or
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00706.html (8,098 bytes)
- 4. RE: Piston rings or valve guides, how to tell? (score: 1)
- Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 09:29:54 -0500
- The principle and procedure is the same. 110 PSI is closer to normal on a small engined car, but maybe still a shade low. Lew --Original Message-- From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@aut
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00712.html (8,749 bytes)
- 5. RE: Piston rings or valve guides, how to tell? (score: 1)
- Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 10:37:44 -0600
- When I bought my 71BGT, it seemed to run well but it got about 90 miles to a quart of oil. Compression was a consistent 90 psi on all four cylinders, warm, with or without adding oil. The only time I
- /html/mgs/2003-05/msg00719.html (8,098 bytes)
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