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Date:         Mon, 18 Dec 1995 16:16:56 -0800 (PST)
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From:         Scott Beckstead <sbeckst@dpc.com>
Subject:      Re: Why's one side hotter (1600 DP)

On Mon, 18 Dec 1995, Joseph F. Fournier II wrote:

> > I had the heads re-worked about 50 miles ago (that was a couple months > back). I didn't do the work myself, 'cause I didn't figure I had the > skill. I have noticed some slight backfire on acceleration and > decceleration; I'm told this could be related to heads. > > Thanks! Joe > I recently thought that I had burned a valve. There was NO compression in #2 cylinder and it backfired fit to beat the band. I adjusted the valves and found that a very tight exhaust valve was the culprit. In fact ALL the exhaust valves were very tight and when I had finaly adjusted them the bloody thing ran better than when I bought it. It does have a slight knock now and I'm going to go back in and re-adjust the valves to see if I maybe got them a little sloppy. It is a very easy task to do yourself and I was surprised that it made so dramatic a difference. Scott

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