delbertinie
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I never could get the motor run smoothly since her big sleep in 1978. I had pulled one head a few months ago to check condition, assumed both banks where the same.
Had the problem that one side of the exhaust ran much hotter than the other. This puzzled me because the cylinder pressure was good on both sides of the motor.
I finally decided to pull both heads replace the rings and check both heads.
Well one cylinder has a little hunk about the size of a pencil eraser out of the bottom of one cylinder.
Its way past cylinder travel so I don't see that as a problem but at the other end,............
the cylinder is leaking between the head and the top of the cylinder.
Here is my question did it leak because a head bolt was loose. Or do I need replace the cylinder or do I need to shim the cylinder. There is only 500 miles on these cylinders and pistons.
The funny thing is the hunk that's gone is almost parallel with the black mark where it was leaking and almost perfect between centered between two head bolts at the head.
Do I need to post pics or is what I said clear.
Had the problem that one side of the exhaust ran much hotter than the other. This puzzled me because the cylinder pressure was good on both sides of the motor.
I finally decided to pull both heads replace the rings and check both heads.
Well one cylinder has a little hunk about the size of a pencil eraser out of the bottom of one cylinder.
Its way past cylinder travel so I don't see that as a problem but at the other end,............
the cylinder is leaking between the head and the top of the cylinder.
Here is my question did it leak because a head bolt was loose. Or do I need replace the cylinder or do I need to shim the cylinder. There is only 500 miles on these cylinders and pistons.
The funny thing is the hunk that's gone is almost parallel with the black mark where it was leaking and almost perfect between centered between two head bolts at the head.
Do I need to post pics or is what I said clear.