Any valve marks in the piston tops? On Jul 31, 2008, at 2:48 AM, Bob Bundy wrote:
> Pulled the engine the other night, took the intake and exhaust off > and pulled the head. > > Again both intake valves on cylinder #1 were completely wet with > oil on the intake side of them, actually puddle up a little, also > Oil streak down one of the valves on the exhaust side of cylinder > #1. All other cylinders looked perfect. Top of piston and cylinder > walls look fine to me however I can see minor streaks in the cross > hatching but nothing that you could feel. Head got dropped off at a > local machine shop (Skagit Cylinder Head) he will pull it apart and > look at it tomorrow morning. > > Took the pistons out tonight. Absolutely no evidence of any ring > issues that I could see. A glaring issue did show up however, #1 > rod bearing is hammered. bits of it were stuck in the oil pickup > screen. not a mark on the rod journal that I can determine however. > nothing else seems excessively warn either and all the other > bearings look fine. > > Bob _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
