- 1. mystery valve buildup (score: 1)
- Author: robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 05:16:37 -0400
- I posted two photos of the head off my engine at: http://www.woozy.com/midget/head.html There is an incrediable amount of buildup on the exhaust valves for an head that only has 5-6 thousand miles o
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00184.html (7,537 bytes)
- 2. Re: mystery valve buildup (score: 1)
- Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 14:11:02 -0700 (PDT)
- my guess is you have been using WAY to much lead additive in you gas (more's not always better). If I were you I would forget about the additive. Ulix Ulix __/__,__ .................................
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00215.html (8,832 bytes)
- 3. Re: mystery valve buildup (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 17:27:58 -0400
- An idea from a non-expert (list join in at any time): As you know, the carbon is caused by oil, which in that location I would guess would be caused by either bad rings, or bad valve stem seals. Wit
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00217.html (8,880 bytes)
- 4. Re: mystery valve buildup (score: 1)
- Author: robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 18:23:47 -0400
- Hi Ron, Thanks. It doesn't smoke all of the time, just on the odd occasion. So the rings are pretty good. The seals looked really good but I had new ones here so I replaced them just to be safe. The
- /html/spridgets/1998-04/msg00225.html (9,920 bytes)
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