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1. Leak Down Check (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 21:36:00 -0500; I had a bunch of pals drop by today.... so Brad and I being smarter then your average couple of racers conned them into helping us yank out the Mule Motor and get the engine bay ready for the Rodeck.; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00077.html (7,812 bytes)
2. Re: Leak Down Check (score: 1): Author: "rgribble" <rgribble@carolina.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 23:59:38 -0700; I know from experience that the directions call for a "warm" motor, but I believe that pertains more to the pistons & rings than the valves. Regardless, the warmer motor should have less loss. I kno; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00078.html (8,038 bytes)
3. Re: Leak Down Check (score: 1): Author: Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>; Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 09:54:35 -0600; Keith, you really need to fire up the motor, then check leak down, not necessarily warm or hot The seats develop surface "grundge" after the motor has been sitting, enhanced by byproducts from the co; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00079.html (8,976 bytes)
4. RE: Leak Down Check (score: 1): Author: "Pope, Jeff" <Jeff.Pope@HSV.Boeing.com>; Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 07:10:01 -0500; When we ran our rail dragster with nitrous I would get leakage past the valves during the leakdown test if the motor had sat for awhile without running. I always mentally contributed this to rust /; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00082.html (8,527 bytes)
5. Re: Leak Down Check (score: 1): Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>; Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 09:09:07 -0700; Just happened to watch Crank and Chrome (Shadetree) guys and they did a leakdown test on an old 5 liter ford motor. Their comment was that 10% leakdiwn was completely acceptabel but when it got over; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00089.html (8,801 bytes)
6. Re: Leak Down Check (score: 1): Author: Skip & Joyce Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>; Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 11:25:51 -0500; Too bad you pulled the engine.....Next time you have an "odd" problem like this, do like the others have suggested and run the engine some. Not for the rings...but for the valves. I have found that; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00090.html (8,867 bytes)
7. Re: Leak Down Check (score: 1): Author: ardunbill@webtv.net; Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 14:22:12 -0400 (EDT); Skip, that's very interesting, about the valves warping a little from standing open hot. Many years ago I recall some fellas I knew with hot Harley drag bikes had so much aggravation from the valves; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00096.html (8,645 bytes)
8. Re: Leak Down Check (score: 1): Author: Skip & Joyce Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>; Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 14:18:57 -0500; Yep! I learned it from a Harley racer! I agree with you all the way and the ring problem gets very interesting with Dykes rings when you pressurize the cylinder slowly, sometimes you get upwards of 7; /html/land-speed/2001-06/msg00099.html (9,565 bytes)

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