Re: Questions of an ur-Q Kind

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <E10N3WP-00049l-00@iglou.com> "Douglas Hurst Quebbeman" writes:

> I'd assumed it jumped a notch on the belt. It will still
> start, but idles rough. I took it to a local top-notch
> non-dealer repair place. He thinks it's likely the valves
> have kissed the pistons. He says he won't know till they
> get the head off, and we're many $$$ in by that point. He
> suggested he thought there might also be more problems, and
> quoted me about $2280 for a complete rebuild.

Bollocks.

Valve bending can be diagnosed very quickly and simply by doing a
standard leak-down test and having a gander at the piston tops with a
Bend-A-Light down the plughole.  You'll also _hear_ it on a 2144cc
mechanical lifter engine - a valve that doesn't close properly also
doesn't rise completely, so you get tappet rattle.

Although the WR/WX/GV _can_ interfere in some circumstances, it needs
to be a well-worn engine at very high revs.

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 Phil Payne
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