[DeTomaso] Engine Question

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Whoa!  or WOW!  take your pick.

See if you can borrow a borescope from someone to take a look before you 
pull the head.  Only for grins and giggles of course... because that 
head has to come off regardless.  I'm keening interested in photos of 
the damage, and especially of the valve.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 1/7/2012 2:32 PM, sean mundy wrote:
> Hi all,
> We had a nice Winter day here in Seattle a couple weeks ago.
> I decided to go for a quick spin and get the car warmed up and the juices flowing.
> Drove for about 10miles on the freeway and got off my exit and shifted down to 3rd and was cruising at about 30mph.
> Suddenly started hearing a clickity clacking noise coming from behind me.
> Immediately pulled over and shutdown and got out of the car to see what was going on.
> Didn't run over anything and everything was where it was supposed to be.  Hmm.
> Get back in car and start the engine.  Noise is still there so immediately shut engine off.
> Obviously something is wrong with the engine.  Call for flatbed and get it back home.
> Start autopsy by removing the valve covers and see nothing out of place.
> Remove spark plugs so I can turn the engine over by hand and see if I can hear anything.  Uh Oh.
> See pictures of number 4 spark plug
> http://poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=34547
> http://poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=34550
>
> This looks obviously looks bad and I'm guessing that I'm a victim of the stock 2piece breaking in half and
> bouncing around like popcorn inside the cylinder.
> What do you think?
> Next step, take the heads off and see how bad it really is. 		 	   		
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