Topic: think I broke something
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In my humble opinion:
Joel is absolutely right. If the problem is in the valves, you wouldn't be pressurizing the crankcase and valve covers. The only way for that to happen is past a piston, either the rings or a hole in the top.
My sympathies!
Larry
Joel is absolutely right. If the problem is in the valves, you wouldn't be pressurizing the crankcase and valve covers. The only way for that to happen is past a piston, either the rings or a hole in the top.
My sympathies!
Larry
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Here's the pics of Scott's head, and pistons...ya'll take a look, and see if ya'll see something. I think he's gonna be looking at a broken ring land under the top ring, but won't know until he gets the piston popped out of the block. He's out of town for a week, so he'll get the rest of the scoop when he returns...
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Looks like we have a square port intake on oval port heads..doubt that that is the problem, but it's about the only thing I've seen at this point, that is out of place...Adams' Apple 2008-03-09 18:13:25
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Looks like we have a square port intake on oval port heads..doubt that that is the problem, but it's about the only thing I've seen at this point, that is out of place...
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I've just added one more pic...Ken took a look at the pics, and wondered if this may be a small crack in the top of the piston.
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