[TR] [6pack] Carbon on top of pistons - engine experts please help!

[DLylis at aol.com]

Years ago I had an experience that would deter me from ever trying  this.  I 
had an early SAAB Turbo maybe 81 as I recall, and in the early  years the 
snout for the air cleaner pointed down  in an attempt to draw  cooler air.  Well, 
I was living on Cape Cod at the time in Pocasset and  there was (is) a roadway 
that went under a railroad bridge and in order for the  road to do so it 
dipped down considerably under the bridge and came up on the  other side.  One 
night as I was leaving my favorite bar in a horrendous  downpour I drove under 
this bridge with the wipers going fast and squinting  ahead to see the road.  
The drain under the railroad bridge plugged up with  junk and a reasonable pond 
had formed.  I got out and surveyed the  water and decided it was ok to drive 
through.  It wasn't all that deep but  the car made a wake that made it to the 
snout of the air cleaner.  I  suddenly became aware of a knocking so I drove 
home and slept it off.  The  next morning I found I had a bent connecting rod 
as an amount of water made it  up the snout and water does not compress!
I would be careful how much water goes in the intake.
 
David  Lylis
69 TR6 CC26160L
60 TR3A TS74461LO



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