- 1. burnt valve (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 19:04:20 -0400
- Well, today I pulled the carbs off the manifold to give them a good inspection trying to find the source of 25 lbs. of compression in # 2 while the other 3 have 175/180, sure enough the fuel bowl was
- /html/triumphs/2001-10/msg00457.html (6,683 bytes)
- 2. burnt valve (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 15:20:20 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
- quickest way to check for burnt valves, start the car, and hold a dollar bill over the tail pipe, a burnt valve will suck the bill up against the tail pipe, takes 2 seconds to do this. "FT"
- /html/triumphs/2000-08/msg00295.html (6,409 bytes)
- 3. Re: burnt valve (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 15:05:36 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
- If it's a Jag...you need to use a twenty! Ken Shapiro 1970 GT6+ KC81872L Baltimore, Maryland
- /html/triumphs/2000-08/msg00297.html (7,052 bytes)
- 4. Re: burnt valve (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 23:50:05 EDT
- << quickest way to check for burnt valves, start the car, and hold a dollar bill over the tail pipe, a burnt valve will suck the bill up against the tail pipe, takes 2 seconds to do this. "FT" >> I'v
- /html/triumphs/2000-08/msg00333.html (6,735 bytes)
- 5. Re: burnt valve (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 23:01:58 +0100charset="iso-8859-1"
- Hi Fred This is a brilliant test, though I believe it has a draw back, won't the same thing happen with a long duration camshaft, as they tend to have longer valve overlap? I ask this as you started
- /html/triumphs/2000-08/msg00396.html (7,801 bytes)
- 6. Re: burnt valve (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 20:02:16 -0600
- Yes, to a degree. The bill test is general and not very quantitative--it's mostly a used car dealer/buyer trick to determine the general health of a stock engine. It's not a substitute for more preci
- /html/triumphs/2000-08/msg00411.html (8,640 bytes)
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