Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 13:48:24 -0400
Reply-To: Ben <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Ben <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject: Re: Roadhaus....partial solution for helping!
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Thanks Bob for the comment.... For sure the right head is bad, and i
don't think that Larry is able to make the difference between a top
end and a bottom end noise.... <br>
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Regards<br>
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ROBERT DONALDS wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">When I first read the post about
Larry's engine trouble I emailed and then called him to go over the
symptoms and offered him my thoughts and things I would check. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> the lower end of the current engine
does not sound suspect from what I could tell.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">the valve train and the head is most
likely in need of a good going over and then he will see if he really
needs an engine. I told him to keep in touch and have not heard back at
this point.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"> The melted piston could be from a
lean condition or preigition but the preignition tends to blow out rod
bearings before the piston melts. On my engines I increase the piston
to skirt clearance by honing the cylinders. This is common practice on
racing and industrial engines in severe duty applications and I
consider the vanagon a severe duty application. Some of you air-cooled
types might recall that VW had a tech bulletin on the type 2 and van
engine that called for this increase in piston to cylinder clearance.
The type 2 engines melt pistons all the time when they are not busy
dropping seats </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">So I am waiting to hear from Larry
about his engine diagnosis </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">going faster miles an hour with the
radio on </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I remain </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Boston Bob</font></div>
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Mmmmmmm..... good point, but what about the others customers with the
same problem!<br>
Ben<br>
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David Brodbeck wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Thu, 6 May 2004, The corruptor wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I think that the crank is the problem, am thinking of a bad rod a alignment
/ faulty and defective main bearing, but now we are getting deap, maybe Bob
or others can comment on my diagnostic. Even the core as been change, so i
also rule out a bad sleeve matting surface, remember, always the #1 going
out in flame, different case and head, now i don't know if the rods or crank
is the same???
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If it's always the same piston burning, has anyone thought to flow-test
the injector for that cylinder? Maybe it's running lean on that one
cylinder.
David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon
'82 VW Vanagon Westfalia Diesel
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