Interesting. My '88 has the same oddity. Right valve cover off, very little oil. Left valve cover off, it's Niagara falls. It runs okay though - so perhaps this is just a design 'feature.' (Or not being on level ground.) Todd '88 Westy Scott W. wrote: >here is the story. been trying to figure out a cold >idle problem for almost a year. finally gave up and >took it into a shop. they did some tests, checked >compression, came back with very bad >numbers-100,150,100,20...1,2,3,4....told me they would >recommend rebuilding the engine. seeing as how the >engine uses no oil between changes and makes good >power in my oppinion, decided to play with the valves >a bit and double check the numbers. > after valve adj. checked compression. >140,140,120,120. what? anyway, the right side only >leaked a few drops of oil when i poped the cover, the >left side,on the other hand, dumped about half a quart >or more oil when i popped it off. is it normal to have >that much oil in there, and if not, what do we think >would cause that? > so after putting the covers back on, fired her up to >see if i screwed up, this being my first valve >adjustment. it ran like it is supposed to for the >first time in a year......i could hardly believe it, >although we will see tomorrow morning if it is fixed >or just teasing me...it is still doing a little >backfiring, not at the exaust, although i can feel the >miss with my hand by the tailpipe, sounds muffled, not >like a shotgun or anything...any ideas as to what is >causing the miss/backfire? or what causes them in >general i suppose. thanks > >===== >Scott Wilson >85 GL Westfalia > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online >http://webhosting.yahoo.com > > > |
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