[DeTomaso] Cylinder Heads leaking

[Brian Dudley]

Have you tried the other cylinders?
Have you tried a compression test?
The leaking valves would not cause your bad oil consumption.
Unless the valve guides are badly worn.
A wrong pushrod length can cause the rocker to push against the valve stem
rather than push the valve down and quickly wear out the valve guide.
Was the engine smoking before you installed the heads?


On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 9:59 PM, sean mundy <seanmundy at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Autozone and Oreilly's don't have loaner tool leak down testers.  Harbor
> Freight has one for $40.
> It's starting to seem like my valves are leaking.  The engine only has 4k
> miles since new.  Sad
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:51:07 -0500
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cylinder Heads leaking
> From: bd8134 at gmail.com
> To: byrdjf at embarqmail.com
> CC: seanmundy at hotmail.com; mikeldrew at aol.com; detomaso at poca.com
>
> Yep thats the style.
> Mine is similar to this one.
> http://www.amazon.com/OTC-5609-Cylinder-Leakage-Tester/dp/B0030EVL60
>
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 9:38 PM, Joseph F. Byrd, Jr. <
> byrdjf at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
> I had to google "leak down tester".  Basically making a flow meter.  The
> precision of the orifice effects the acceptable values
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of sean mundy
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 21:25 PM
> To: Brian Dudley
> Cc: mikeldrew at aol.com; detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cylinder Heads leaking
>
> .... is that what you use for a leakdown test?
>
>
>
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   Have you tried the other cylinders?
   Have you tried a compression test?
   The leaking valves would not cause your bad oil consumption.
   Unless the valve guides are badly worn.
   A wrong pushrod length can cause the rocker to push against the valve
   stem rather than push the valve down and quickly wear out the valve
   guide.
   Was the engine smoking before you installed the heads?

   On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 9:59 PM, sean mundy <[1]seanmundy at hotmail.com>
   wrote:

   Autozone and Oreilly's don'tA haveA loaner toolA leak down
   testers.A A Harbor Freight has one for $40.
   It's starting to seem like my valves are leaking.A  The engine only has
   4k miles sinceA new.A  Sad
   A
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   Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:51:07 -0500
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cylinder Heads leaking
   From: [2]bd8134 at gmail.com
   To: [3]byrdjf at embarqmail.com
   CC: [4]seanmundy at hotmail.com; [5]mikeldrew at aol.com;
   [6]detomaso at poca.com
   Yep thats the style.
   Mine is similar to this one.
   [7]http://www.amazon.com/OTC-5609-Cylinder-Leakage-Tester/dp/B0030EVL60
   On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 9:38 PM, Joseph F. Byrd, Jr.
   <[8]byrdjf at embarqmail.com> wrote:

     I had to google "leak down tester".A  Basically making a flow
     meter.A  The
     precision of the orifice effects the acceptable values
     -----Original Message-----
     From: DeTomaso [mailto:[9]detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of
     sean mundy
     Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 21:25 PM
     To: Brian Dudley
     Cc: [10]mikeldrew at aol.com; [11]detomaso at poca.com
     Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cylinder Heads leaking
     .... is that what you use for a leakdown test?

References

   1. mailto:seanmundy at hotmail.com
   2. mailto:bd8134 at gmail.com
   3. mailto:byrdjf at embarqmail.com
   4. mailto:seanmundy at hotmail.com
   5. mailto:mikeldrew at aol.com
   6. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
   7. http://www.amazon.com/OTC-5609-Cylinder-Leakage-Tester/dp/B0030EVL60
   8. mailto:byrdjf at embarqmail.com
   9. mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com
  10. mailto:mikeldrew at aol.com
  11. mailto:detomaso at poca.com