[DeTomaso] Engine Question

Mike Thomas mbefthomas at comcast.net
Sat Jan 7 19:43:23 EST 2012


Sounds like it's for Scope-o-Matic to see what else is living atop your
piston.  Sorry to that, Sean, after all the wrestling you did to get rid of
the clutch vibration.

Mike Thomas 

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of sean mundy
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 2:33 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Engine Question


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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