[Land-speed] Turks Ride

[David Anderson]

Keith, Seems to me that a holed piston mostly comes from running hot from 
too lean a mixture .  Possible causes (and other people know a lot more than 
me) are:
float not set right
fluid build up in the float
clogged jet
wrong slide
clogged fuel line or petcock
intake manifold leak
too much hot air  (probably from the driver)

Are you going to look at the tops of the other pistons just for curiosity? 
Maybe they were beginning to melt too.  Preignition?

I'm glad it got you home, and now you have a parts bike!

Happy New Year!

David
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Turk" <KeithTurk at hotmail.com>
To: "David Anderson" <mactem at mebtel.net>; "lsr" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Turks Ride


>
> Seems like I gave you enough information to diagnose the issue.... maybe 
> not....    the hole in the piston was just a final straw in the 
> coffin..... when that happened I suspect it got the head gasket which took 
> out #3 beside it.... eventually....
>
> I continuously had to add more fuel to it, just to keep it happy......  So 
> what do you think was wrong?
>
> K