Hi Mark
One thing you might try to complete the miracle is Marvel Mystery Oil. I
believe the mixture is 4oz to 10gal of gas. It will help clean the fuel
system as well as lubricate and clean the upper end of the engine (valves
etc.).
Also if you would like to use the best lubricating oils for your classic,
let me have your mailing address and I will send you a Penrite brochure
packet with a Penrite Lubrication Recommendation Sheet for your Spitfire.
If anyone is in the market I have a 1978 Spitfire 1500 in great shape for
sale. Give me a call.
Thanks
Jon
Classic Auto Lubes
12803 CR 1222
Tyler, Tx 75709
Ph: 903-561-4858
Fax: 903-561-7177
Email: jfm@spyderinternet.com
www.classicautolubes.com
At 01:09 PM 6/6/05, sinclair@degenkolb.com wrote:
>I have a 65 Spitfire with (I believe) the 1127cc engine. When I brought it
>it would smoke heavily from the rocker breather pipe under sustained load
>once warmed up - taking off from lights, up hills etc. Fairly embarrassing
>at it's worst. I presumed the rings were bad and expected that a rebuild
>was in my future - managed to mostly avoid hills in the interim. Never did
>get to doing that compression check though.
>
>Anyway - here we are a year later - and after a few sunny weekends I've
>been driving it around town - pretty hard on the flats. It started smoking
>less and less from the breather. This weekend - I took a long run up-hill
>under full load - almost no smoke at all. Power is also up slightly, from
>negligible to low.
>
>In other respects the engine sounds pretty good - revs freely to 6k, oil
>pressure is excellent (80psi/50psi hot idle). The plug don't foul and it
>never really burned much oil - maybe 1/4 pint per tank or less. The valve
>train is also pretty quiet which would suggest the mileage isn't too high.
>
>When I brought it - the guy said it had sat for a while - how long I don't
>know, the floor pans were rusted out, so could have been quite a while.
>I'm wondering if perhaps the rings were somehow gummed up - and that a
>little heavy workout under load has freed them up??? The increased power
>I'm noticing would fit this theory.
>
>Any other theories out there?
>I'm pretty happy about the whole thing I have to say. Now I can focus on
>all the other things to fix - brakes, floor pans etc. I'm also wondering
>if there is something else I can do to finish off the cleaning process - a
>few changes of straight 40wt oil? Some sort of additive? I recall some
>discussion of drizzling a little water or atf down the carbs while the
>engine was running to remove the carbon build-up.
>
>Cheers
>Mark
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