[Fot] Engine Oil

[Bill Babcock]

I pretty much thought the same thing. Not something I'd blame on oil.


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Sent: Tue 11/6/2007 6:54 AM
To: wgrosenbach at juno.com; clarkfot at cwnicholls.net
Cc: Guyots3 at wmconnect.com; fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Engine Oil

... 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






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