[DeTomaso] Engine Autopsy

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Ouch, that hurts to read.

First, lesson to everybody, Loc-Tite red on the air cleaner stud, I also
use a nut
on mine to lock it down against the carb body.

You have little to loose by cleaning it up and seeing what happens, if it
doesn't perform,
then you'd be tearing it down anyway.

Michael Shortt



On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:11 PM, sean mundy <seanmundy at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> A few weeks ago I posted about my engine making a sudden rattling noise.
> I posted a picture of my damaged #4 spark plug and guessed that maybe the
> one of the valves had dropped into the cylinder causing the damage.
> I removed the head this weekend and here is what the valves look like.
> http://poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=34768
> The valves are where they are supposed to be but something caused the
> surface damage to them.
> Here is the answer
> http://poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=34771
> It appears that my aircleaner wing nut came loose and the center post that
> screws into
> the carb also came loose and ejected itself down the carb, manifold and
> finally into the cylinder.
> Any advice on what I should do now?
> Total rebuild or clean it up and put back together?
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