Date:         Sat, 15 Mar 2003 17:02:36 -0800
Reply-To:     "Scott W." <smorewhisky@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         "Scott W." <smorewhisky@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      lazy mechanics...lots of oil(valves)
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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

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Scott Wilson
85 GL Westfalia

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