[Fot] Engine Oil

[Fubog1 at aol.com]

... a 1500 Spitfire... flat-out...failure of #3 big end...
 
'nuff said...
Glen
 
 
In a message dated 11/6/2007 9:33:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
wgrosenbach at juno.com writes:

The only  engine I ever lost on the street from a bearing related issue
was while  using 10W40. Usually ran 20W50, changed in the fall, then
chased the  Colorado 1000 (Grand) around the state in my '76 Spitfire.
Spent quite a  bit of time running flat out. In a Spitfire, your not that
afoul of the law  running flat out. Survived that, but not the drive down
I-25 to Pueblo for  a SCCA race. The engine started producing a hammering
noise, (which turned  out to be a rod bearing cap on #3


 



************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com