Need Help CGTt ran for 3 mins & now it won't

Mihnea Cotet mik at info.fundp.ac.be
Mon Jun 30 11:14:03 EDT 2003


Matt, does the camshaft turn over when you're trying to start her up?
Broken T-Belt?

Mihnea

At 21:42 29/06/2003 -0400, Stpndsmnn at aol.com wrote:
>Hey all,
>
>Had my CGTt back together today after a nasty problem with washed out bores..
>
>
>I am pretty sure I have/had the fuel system fixed so that it wasn't so rich
>but now I am worried that it did it again...
>
>I ball honed the bores out so they had nice cross-hatching in them and
>replaced all of the rings as well as the pistons...
>
>Got everything together this afternoon and got it fired up.  It ran for
>approx..  3 minutes and I checked the oil to make sure the level was
>okay.  I added
>a little bit more oil and went to start it again and it just turns over like
>there is no compression..
>
>When I turn it over by hand it also feels like there is no compression which
>isn't too surprising considering the rings are new...  Right now I am worried
>that it was running rich again and that it washed out the rings...  I don't
>know if that can happen in 3 minutes...  but it's the only thing I can think
>of....
>
>I checked for possible vacuum and fuel leaks but couldn't find any..  I know
>the fuel pump turns on with the key so the FPR is fine..  other than that I
>have no clue
>
>Any help would be great...
>Matt




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