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Re: Vrooom, clank, clank

To: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Subject: Re: Vrooom, clank, clank
From: Engelhardt <engel@metro.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 21:18:25 -0700
No such luck. There is compression in each cylinder. There is no
clanking noise when I spin the engine with the starter, quite a
difference from when it's running.

Ron
58 MGA (dead for now)

Trevor Boicey wrote:
> 
>   All manner of horrors could have let loose in there, however,
> don't discount the easy things, especially since you have to
> remove so much to get the head off.
> 
>   Is something hitting the fan?
> 
>   Is the exhaust manifold loose or broken? A leak right
> at the head can sound incredibly mechanical.
> 
> --
> Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
> Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
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