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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 02:51:37 GMT, MUADIB®
> wrote: >On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:40:18 -0500, "johnboy" > >wrote: > >>"Christian M. Mericle" > wrote in message >>news >> >>>>Short answer: you sell the bug on the spot and hitchhike 500 miles home. >>> >>> Okay. What's the long answer? >> >>Everything goes to hell, fast. Scored, destroyed bearing surfaces, warped >>heads, >>cylinders, stuck pistons, and sometimes an oil fire for good measure. >> > >And the case halves got ot hell in handbasket >too............everything that needs cooling to stay alive and weell >dies a quick death. The original poster said he drove it 10 miles before stopping. I imagine it doesn't take that long for significant damage to begin. I know there are a lot of variables but how soon does that "quick death" start? If I'm driving along and the generator light pops on but I don't notice it for two miles, is my motor a goner? -- Christian <snip> Save Darfur -- http://www.savedarfur.org/ World Vision (Darfur) -- http://donate.wvus.org/OA_HTML/xxwvi...item=107218 2 ICC (Sudan) -- http://www.persecution.org/Countries/sudan.html |
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Christian M. Mericle > wrote: >On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 02:51:37 GMT, MUADIB® > wrote: > >>On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:40:18 -0500, "johnboy" > >>wrote: >> >>>"Christian M. Mericle" > wrote in message >>>news >>> >>>>>Short answer: you sell the bug on the spot and hitchhike 500 miles home. >>>> >>>> Okay. What's the long answer? >>> >>>Everything goes to hell, fast. Scored, destroyed bearing surfaces, warped > >>>heads, >>>cylinders, stuck pistons, and sometimes an oil fire for good measure. >>> >> >>And the case halves got ot hell in handbasket >>too............everything that needs cooling to stay alive and weell >>dies a quick death. > >The original poster said he drove it 10 miles before stopping. I >imagine it doesn't take that long for significant damage to begin. I >know there are a lot of variables but how soon does that "quick death" >start? > >If I'm driving along and the generator light pops on but I don't >notice it for two miles, is my motor a goner? Two miles in full load or down a hill in neutral? > >-- Christian > ><snip> > >Save Darfur -- http://www.savedarfur.org/ >World Vision (Darfur) -- http://donate.wvus.org/OA_HTML/xxwvi...item=107218 2 >ICC (Sudan) -- http://www.persecution.org/Countries/sudan.html Joao 72 Super 1302 |
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Rookie wrote:
> Honestly when I checked the oil I thought I saw something in there, > but when I drained it ( 3rd change ) I didn't see anything in it. > I do know it needs the valves adjusted, so I should find out if > anything was done when they do those You might want to have them check the crankshaft's endplay and retorque the heads and case nuts (or do that yourself, easy if you've gotta torque wrench and facilities to pull your engine). Ask them to tell you how far out your valves are (as in right on, a bit out, or miles off), when you get them done, that may help in determining how bad things are. How does the engine sound now, after you've gotten new oil in there? Are you running with a significant loss of power or does everything feel all right? Does it leak oil? Did it leak oil? No use worrying about what's already done -- just figure out how to deal with it and do it. Listen to your engine and compare it to a well running (and similar to your engine, exhaust specifically) VW engine. Next time (engine wise), I'd say start from scratch with a mexican or brazillian long block, or some new one somebody could build for you (or you could build one for yourself...). -Kevin |
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On 24 Jun 2005 07:54:25 -0700, "Joao Eliseu"
> wrote: > >Christian M. Mericle > wrote: >>On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 02:51:37 GMT, MUADIB® > wrote: >> >>>On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:40:18 -0500, "johnboy" > >>>wrote: >>> >>>>"Christian M. Mericle" > wrote in message >>>>news >>>> >>>>>>Short answer: you sell the bug on the spot and hitchhike 500 miles home. >>>>> >>>>> Okay. What's the long answer? >>>> >>>>Everything goes to hell, fast. Scored, destroyed bearing surfaces, warped >> >>>>heads, >>>>cylinders, stuck pistons, and sometimes an oil fire for good measure. >>>> >>> >>>And the case halves got ot hell in handbasket >>>too............everything that needs cooling to stay alive and weell >>>dies a quick death. >> >>The original poster said he drove it 10 miles before stopping. I >>imagine it doesn't take that long for significant damage to begin. I >>know there are a lot of variables but how soon does that "quick death" >>start? >> >>If I'm driving along and the generator light pops on but I don't >>notice it for two miles, is my motor a goner? > >Two miles in full load or down a hill in neutral? Well, I was just thinking of a "normal" driving situation. How about a couple of miles on flat road going about 45 or 50. -- Christian '71 Bus -- Turtle Save Darfur -- http://www.savedarfur.org/ World Vision (Darfur) -- http://donate.wvus.org/OA_HTML/xxwvi...item=107218 2 ICC (Sudan) -- http://www.persecution.org/Countries/sudan.html |
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Christian M. Mericle > wrote: >On 24 Jun 2005 07:54:25 -0700, "Joao Eliseu" > wrote: > >> >>Christian M. Mericle > wrote: >>>On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 02:51:37 GMT, MUADIB® > wrote: >>> >>>>On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:40:18 -0500, "johnboy" > >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>>>"Christian M. Mericle" > wrote in message >>>>>news >>>>> >>>>>>>Short answer: you sell the bug on the spot and hitchhike 500 miles home. >>>>>> >>>>>> Okay. What's the long answer? >>>>> >>>>>Everything goes to hell, fast. Scored, destroyed bearing surfaces, warped >>> >>>>>heads, >>>>>cylinders, stuck pistons, and sometimes an oil fire for good measure. > >>>>> >>>> >>>>And the case halves got ot hell in handbasket >>>>too............everything that needs cooling to stay alive and weell >>>>dies a quick death. >>> >>>The original poster said he drove it 10 miles before stopping. I >>>imagine it doesn't take that long for significant damage to begin. I >>>know there are a lot of variables but how soon does that "quick death" >>>start? >>> >>>If I'm driving along and the generator light pops on but I don't >>>notice it for two miles, is my motor a goner? >> >>Two miles in full load or down a hill in neutral? > >Well, I was just thinking of a "normal" driving situation. How about a >couple of miles on flat road going about 45 or 50. > >-- Christian >'71 Bus -- Turtle > >Save Darfur -- http://www.savedarfur.org/ >World Vision (Darfur) -- http://donate.wvus.org/OA_HTML/xxwvi...item=107218 2 >ICC (Sudan) -- http://www.persecution.org/Countries/sudan.html I have no idea...you have to test :-) Joao 72 Super 1302 |
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:44:45 -0600, Christian M. Mericle
> scribbled this interesting note: >>>The original poster said he drove it 10 miles before stopping. I >>>imagine it doesn't take that long for significant damage to begin. I >>>know there are a lot of variables but how soon does that "quick death" >>>start? >>> >>>If I'm driving along and the generator light pops on but I don't >>>notice it for two miles, is my motor a goner? >> >>Two miles in full load or down a hill in neutral? > >Well, I was just thinking of a "normal" driving situation. How about a >couple of miles on flat road going about 45 or 50. Planning on a little experiment? I wouldn't recommend it. If a light comes on and you don't know, absolutely for certain why, you need to check it out. And keep the spares in the vehicle at all times...spare belts, fuses, tire, tools, fuel line, cables, fuel pump, etc., etc., etc. That way, if a belt breaks and the light comes on (BTW, test the warning lights occasionally as well) you can stop, immediately, and fix it. Why test the warning lights? Why do you think Scott (Muadib) burned up an engine once? He knew he had a leaky valve cover gasket and had just bought new ones. He was on his way home to install them. What he didn't know is the generator light had recently burned out an no longer worked (recently, as in just that day, if I remember correctly.) On the freeway, 50 to 70 mph, and all the oil dumped out of one valve cover when the gasket failed. Didn't take long and he knew it had happened. In the amount of time it took to exit the freeway his engine was so much scrap. And that was less than a couple of minutes. His next move was to call me and we towed the car the rest of the way. -- John Willis (Remove the Primes before e-mailing me) |
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> Kevin Holzerwrote:
Rookie wrote: > Honestly when I checked the oil I thought I saw something in there, > but when I drained it ( 3rd change ) I didn't see anything in it. > I do know it needs the valves adjusted, so I should find out if > anything was done when they do those > You might want to have them check the crankshaft's endplay and retorque the heads and case nuts (or do that yourself, easy if you've gotta torque wrench and facilities to pull your engine). Ask them to tell you how far out your valves are (as in right on, a bit out, or miles off), when you get them done, that may help in determining how bad things are. How does the engine sound now, after you've gotten new oil in there? Are you running with a significant loss of power or does everything feel all right? Does it leak oil? Did it leak oil? No use worrying about what's already done -- just figure out how to deal with it and do it. Listen to your engine and compare it to a well running (and similar to your engine, exhaust specifically) VW engine. Next time (engine wise), I'd say start from scratch with a mexican or brazillian long block, or some new one somebody could build for you (or you could build one for yourself...). -Kevin[/quote:895c0bb9f7] The mechanic at V-Dubs said when he adjusts the valves he is going to retorque the heads, honestly it sounds and feels fine. I have not noticed any loss of power. From reading what other people posted it don't sound like it should be running at all but it is still strong, just needs the valves adjusted. The engine is a brand new case all internal parts were brand new with about 3000 miles on them. Oil changed once a month faithfuly. There was alot of belt dust on the generator, carb, and engine case. So it would be a guess, maybe it was able to turn the Generator for a little bit before it completely shredded? I don't know. But I will know more once the mechanic calls back. I hope to have it back next Thursday. They are pretty busy up there. No oil leak before, haven't noticed any since either...but I have only driven it from 7-11, where I drove it when the belt shredded, to my home which is 20 miles. Changed the oil and drove it the 50 miles to V-Dubs in Irving which is a total of 70 miles. Don't want to put to many miles on it until the guy checks it all out. |
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"Rookie" > wrote in message
... > > There was alot of belt dust on the generator, carb, and engine case. > So it would be a guess, maybe it was able to turn the Generator for a > little bit before it completely shredded? > > .................Ah. This sheds a lot more light on your problem. It would seem that maybe there was a period of time when the belt was slipping while at the same time still turning the fan enough to provide a little cooling during at least part of those ten miles after your generator light came on. I'd consider replacing those heads with a new pair because the aluminum in them is subject to heat damage in a situation like this. I'm no metallurgist but it's been said that temps beyond 450 deg. F. cause the aluminum to become very soft and brittle. While the heads are being replaced, your mechanic would be able to visually inspect the piston crowns for heat damage. Another suggestion would be to install an oil pressure gauge to rule out whether the bearings have been damaged enough to create a low oil pressure problem. |
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> wrote in message
link.net... > for the serpentine belt system > > http://www.bmdpulleys.com/ That's one brand. Here is the one I run http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/vie...yword2=ESM0022 |
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No offense to any "europeans" but I like my PINT of beer, I like being 6'2" and 12 Stone. I just ordered a 57' boat without a care for how many Meters it is :-) Shame about not being able to buy a gallon of petrol anymore, and I think these days you learn metric at school :-( We are still hanging on in there ! Rich Joao Eliseu wrote: > Jan Andersson > wrote: > >>Jan Andersson wrote: >> >>>Joao Eliseu wrote: >>> >>>>"Juper Wort" > wrote: >>>> >>>>>"Joao Eliseu" > wrote in message ... >>>>> >>>>>>MUADIB® > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>>Reminds me of the story of the college student who got a car. After >> >>a >> >>>>>>>>short time (relatively speaking), it started smoking and running >>>>>>>>poorly. She told a friend about it and he asked if she had ever put >>>>>>>>oil in it. Her response was, "No, it came with that." >>>>>>> >>>>>>>The most common one for me this year is "I get FM fine, but AM is >>>>>>>terible". Of course they omit to tell me that some aftermarket video >>>>>>>sytem was installed last week, and the problems all started about >> >>that >> >>>>>>>time. RF modulators are my nemesis. There should be a sticker >>>>>>>installed right in the middle of the steering wheel airbag that says >>>>>>>"AM reception will be poor if the RF modulator is *on*" >>>>>>> >>>>>>>They wouldn't read it , but it would be sweet to be able to point >> >>to >> >>>>>>>it and smile real big as I charged them 75 bucks to flip a switch. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Assswipes......................UGH!~ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Remove "YOURPANTIES" to reply >>>>>>> >>>>>>>MUADIB® >>>>>>> >>>>>>>http://www.angelfire.com/retro/sster...IN%20PAGE.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>>If A Quiz is Quizical, >>>>>>>What is a test? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>The Peacemaking Meeting scheduled for today has been >>>>>>>cancelled due to a conflict. >>>>>> >>>>>>I can't remember the last time I put a radio on AM. I think that in >> >>Europe >> >>>>>no one >>>>> >>>>>>uses AM anymore. >>>>>> >>>>>>Joao >>>>>>72 Super 1302 >>>>> >>>>>www.virginradio.co.uk My daily drive in listening.... Most of UK still >>>>>only gets this on AM . London area gets FM. >>>>> >>>>>James >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>Yep... but UK is also a unique case in Europe. You are also the only country >> >>in EU that >> >>>>doesn’t use euros… >>> >>>Not true... >>> >>>Jan >> >>http://europa.eu.int/abc/travel/money/index_en.htm >> >>Jan > > Ok, forget the money... but the other points are true.... :-) > > > Joao > 72 Super 1302 |
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