When my '84 was given to me with a blown engine (back in '91) a head stud had broken and the engine overheated before it "Locked up". After it cooled the PO tried to start it and it would turn over but it "Sounded funny". So ... in exasperation ... he just said I could have it. I tore it down and found that a valve had bent over ... a push rod was bent and I decided the engine was toast. I just put a different 1.9 in there and didn't try to repair the bad one. Mike '84 GL 7 pass '85 GL Westy Jim Felder wrote: > I associate bent pushrods more with too-high revs than with > overheating. If an engine overheats to the point that the lifters > stick, then something else would have burned up long before. > > Jim > > > On May 9, 2006, at 7:14 PM, Roger Sisler wrote: > >> Hello, I hear that if the pushrods are not properly inserted into the >> little cups,on both ends, they can bend. This , when the engine is >> started. >> look in the Bentely .It is mentioned in cylinder head >> replacement.Perhaps >> your friend tried to do some repair work himself, and got it wrong. >> > |
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