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Re: Bon-Ami the Oil Burning Beast

To: Eric <eric@erickson.on.net>
Subject: Re: Bon-Ami the Oil Burning Beast
From: Susan and John Roper <vscjohn@huntnet.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 11:19:07 -0600
Why not throw a handful of sand in the crankcase as well.  We use air
cleaners to avoik airborn grit, so now we should add itto the engines diet?
A very questionable fix for rings that did not seat.  John

Eric wrote:

> While tracking down some answers for my James-Bond-like smokescreen that
> is now emitting from my poor little overdriven/overfixed yellow beasty,
> I hunted through the list archives (marvellous past-time, but it could
> end up dominating your life if you are not careful).
>
> I actually believe that I am looking at a crankcase ventilation
> problem... I will get back to the list when I experiment with this...
> but the following post from way back really intrigued me.  Did anyone
> actually try this on their LBC (the thought scares me) and if so, is
> their engine still running?
>
> > Date: 06-Dec-1997 13:33:34
> > Subject: Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC}
> > I was watching Automobiles on the History channel last night and the
> > show was on the '55 to '57 Chevies,one of the problems was that the
> > V8 burned oil,as much as a qt every 200 miles!The fix the company told
> > the dealers was to pour some Bon-ami down the carb!This scuffed up the
> > cylinder walls and stopped the burning!If you are burning oil after a
> > rebuild......Well it's up to you.
> > Pat
>
> Eric
> '68MGB MkII




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