Hi Terry, Thanks for taking the trouble and helping. I will have to try your method of filling the chambers with MMO. But I did not check compression yet. I thought it will be way low anyway and I will check when the smell of oil will be gone and the car pulls better. And I thought probably only a leak down test would determine where the blow by is. Which I still have not learned how to do by not being able to find info on it anywhere yet. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Kay" <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 9:20 PM Subject: Re; Marvelous Mystery Oil, and stuck rings.
> Yo, Joltan! > Take the spark plugs out of the engine, > Load up each cylinder with Marvelous Mystery Oil, put the plugs back in > the engine, let it soak for about a week. > Pull the plugs out, and crank it a couple of turns, to avoid hydraulic > lock, put the plugs back in, and see what happens. > IF, and I mean IF, you have a stuck ring, this will 9 times out of ten > free them up. > However, how have you determined that you have a stuck ring, and not > just a good old fashioned worn out cylinders? > Nothing you can do, with a "miracle in a can" will replace worn out, > gone bye, bye, metal, not even Marvelous Mystery Oil. > You have of course, taken a compression reading on all the > holes---right? > > Later, > > ______________ > |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ > | | | | > ||-(())----(())-| > > Terry 85 GL |
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