[DeTomaso] any ideas?

[Will Kooiman]

I'm less convinced that it could be the intake.  If you have a leak there,
you're talking about a small leak on one or two ports.  It might make the
idle drop by 100rpm or so, but probably wouldn't make the engine die.

My 351c had a leak on cylinder #7.  The only symptom was pinging when it
shouldn't have pinged.  Other than that, it ran great.  I had removed the
bolt to install a throttle return spring.  In the process I hadn't torqued
the bolt back enough.  When I removed the intake, you could see a trail of
oil going into the port.  Several months later I removed the heads and you
could see specks missing from the #7 piston.  It looked like someone had
used a center punch on the piston about 20 times.

On the other hand, it only takes a little bit of dirt in the idle feeds or
idle air bleeds to make a carburetor run weird.  If one gets clogged, you
could lose up to 50% of your idle fuel.

Make sure you clean out all the little ports, bleeds, feeds, etc.  I've been
using B-12.  I clean out the carburetor every oil change.

Will.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 2:35 AM
To: dyogi at hawaii.rr.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso]   any ideas?


In a message dated 12/28/07 0 30 43, dyogi at hawaii.rr.com writes:


> Pulling the intake on the goose is a little more work than on the Pantera.
> The jackshaft has to come off to gain access to the intake and they also
> share some bolts.  Not to mention the cramped working quarters.
> 

Also, unlike the Pantera, the 289/302 motor has a 'wet' intake so you have
to 
drain all the coolant before you begin, then go through the lengthy 
filling/bleeding/purging process afterwards. :<(

Mike


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