MC-2 Lets loose.. (long, happy)

[mike]

congrats....errrr don't suppose you would like to pick
my lotto numbers for me?

mike
--- Allen Swett <allens at mitronics.com> wrote: > List,
> As a followup to yesterdays post......
> 
> Someone suggested:
> 
> >possibly something foreign was ingested into the
> engine??
> 
> Seems you were correct with that statement.  Timing
> belt intact, didn't
> jump, cam key intact, But,...plugs 3-5 electrodes
> bent over.  Before plugs
> pulled, with a remote starter attached sounded just
> as a no compression
> engine would.  Peering down plug holes revealed
> scratches in the carbon
> deposits atop pistons 3-5, not major, but signs of
> abrasion.  Oil was
> clean, filter cut open, no signs of anything foreig,
> turbo inlet, outlet
> vanes all appeared intact, slight oily mist on vanes
> appeared consistent,
> no marks of anything big trying to pass through. 
> Intake track through
> throtle body showed no signs of missing any
> parts..., compression check
> showed consistent in spec readings across the
> board????., put it back
> together, fired it up 5 times, each time pulling a
> plug going down the
> bank,(with heads and body parts out of the way),
> re-gapped plugs, fired it
> up, ran fine.......idled outside the shop for 20
> minutes, no problems, test
> run, no problems....??...!!
> 
> Don't know where it came from, what it was, but it's
> gone now....will keep
> an eye on things, do another compression check over
> the weekend, drop the
> oil, cut another filter, drop the cat and see if any
> debris is caught on
> the screen.....running better than ever?///.....huh?
> 
> Phew......
> Thanks for all of your replies, experience and
> sympathy. 
> 
> To the lister who was inquiring about parts
> already.....sorry, nothing
> available......gotta give him credit though......
>  
> With guarded relief.
> Allen Swett
> 
> 
> 


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