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Re: Success

To: Ned Smith <smithn00@kitepilot.net>
Subject: Re: Success
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 07:38:51 -0700
Ned,

Did you ever find out why you had oil in the coolant?

bs



Ned Smith wrote:

>This past week I removed the rocker arm assembly and checked the push rods
>to see if any had been bent in last weeks fiasco.
>
>The engine roared to life smoothly, oil pressure jumped to 60# and I held
>the RPM at 2200 for 20 minutes. It ran with no vibration the whole time. As
>the engine heated up to 200 deg., the oil pressure dropped back to just
>above 40#. Only one minor oil leak at a plug on the left side of the engine.
>
>
>
>Boy what a relief!!!
>
>
>
>Many thanks to everyone who helped me through this process. What a great
>List.
>
>
>
>Ned Smith
>
>BJ8
>
>near Chattanooga, TN
>
>N34.98 W85.5
>  
>
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Bob Spidell         San Jose, CA        bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000             '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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