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208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby manga_blue » Tue May 13, 2014 5:36 pm

Cold. I doubt hot is worth trying anyway. :cry:

Not good. I'm hoping it's just a stuck valve.
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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby Black_Penguin » Tue May 13, 2014 5:45 pm

Doesn't sound good mate, hope its a simple and cheap-ish fix.
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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby MrRevhead » Tue May 13, 2014 5:46 pm

Hopefully it is something like just a stuck or even a burnt valve.

And to think, you just completed 1800+ kms over a few days flawlessly!

Keep us updated.
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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby manga_blue » Tue May 13, 2014 6:20 pm

One of the worst suggestions I'd ever heard came in today. Pour half a litre of oil down the spark plug hole and see how fast it rose on the dipstick. :shock:
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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby taminga16 » Wed May 14, 2014 11:44 am

I am still trying to figure how this might ever work?
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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby NitroDann » Wed May 14, 2014 12:12 pm

0 compression is a HUGE leak if its a piston it will run straight through into the sump.

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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby Nevyn72 » Wed May 14, 2014 12:53 pm

Maybe use one of these for a quick look at the piston top?

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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby TTT » Wed May 14, 2014 2:22 pm

NitroDann wrote:0 compression is a HUGE leak if its a piston it will run straight through into the sump.

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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby speed » Wed May 14, 2014 2:40 pm

Holy crap, that sucks man.


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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby speed » Wed May 14, 2014 2:41 pm

Holy crap, that sucks man.


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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby manga_blue » Wed May 14, 2014 2:59 pm

I don't have time it pull the head yet but one of the better suggestions from the locals was to rotate to TDC on the compression stroke and put air at 10-20psi down the plug hole. If it comes out the inlet then there's probably a dropped inlet valve. If it comes out the exhaust then there's probably a burnt exhaust valve. If it comes out the dipstick then there's a burnt piston.

My money is on a burnt exhaust valve. While I was trying to figure it out I tried cleaning the injectors. Number 2 injector was mostly blocked by white soft waxy stuff. The rest were OK. I think I bought bad fuel at Newcastle then drove 400kms on cruise control with that cylinder running lean.
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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby Okibi » Wed May 14, 2014 11:11 pm

Shoulda got a turbo in Newcastle :twisted:
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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby manga_blue » Wed May 14, 2014 11:25 pm

Okibi wrote:Shoulda got a turbo in Newcastle :twisted:
The reason I didn't was that I didn't want to spend my weekends trying to work out why my engine blew up. :roll:
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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby Nevyn72 » Wed May 14, 2014 11:27 pm

manga_blue wrote:
Okibi wrote:Shoulda got a turbo in Newcastle :twisted:
The reason I didn't was that I didn't want to spend my weekends trying to work out why my engine blew up. :roll:

Yet your engine appears to have blown up anyway....... Just sayin'...... :wink:
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Re: 208 - 0 - 207 - 201

Postby manga_blue » Wed May 14, 2014 11:49 pm

The irony is not lost on me.
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