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Old 09-12-2008, 10:44 PM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by rcounts View Post
Bottom end is a possibility, though it seems odd that it would go from A-O-K to total crap so quick with no apparent cause (like a blown headgasket letting water get into the oil or something). Like I said it was a little low on oil, but not enough to significantly lose oil pressure or anything.
While anything is possible, the chances of a failed rod bearing or wrist pin are very low.........and, they wouldn't prevent the engine from restarting hot. I suppose that a ring could have fractured and one cylinder is now offline..........a compression check would find this quickly.



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Valves seem like a possibility - only thing I can think of is if one wasn't quite tight enough after we did the valve adjustment - though that was over a month and 1000 miles ago.

Unless one of the valves let go and dropped onto a piston, an improper valve adjustment..........or valves out of spec.........cannot cause the symptoms described.
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