No none, there were some marks I think that were from the bit of the porcelain that broke off the tip of spark plug. very small pits that were cleaned up.
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Ebersol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bob Bundy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 6:30 AM Subject: Re: Tailpipe smoking under load. > 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
