<VV> ring job - looking for running engine

[Dave Smith]

I put about 50 miles on it in LA in stop and go traffic, then drove up
to Sacramento the next.  About 350 miles on I-5 doing 70.  I was
keeping an eye on the gauges and a ton of smoke started coming out the
exhaust.  I killed the key and stopped.  Stuck in Lodi again. Lost a
quart of oil.  The oil pump was stuck open and was dumping a lot of
oil.  I had it towed 20 miles.

Some of the heads on the right side of the engine were loose, so they
were retorqued.  There was an exhaust leak from one of them.  The
smoke comes from the exhaust pipe.  The engine was supposed to have be
about 2,500 miles on a rebuild.  The mechanic said it might've been
rebuilt and there wasn't any sounds from the bottom end.

I like my NSU being a project car, not the Corvair.

-Dave


On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Harry  Yarnell <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I assume the smoke is coming out the exhaust pipe, not from under or out of
> the engine bay. Makes a big difference.
>
> Harry Yarnell
> Perryman garage and orphanage
> Perryman, MD
> hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Smith" <gornzilla at gmail.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 4:28 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> ring job - looking for running engine
>
>
>> Thanks, all.  I plan on showing up at the local meeting and I joined
>> CORSA.
>>
>> The description of the car is what got me to buy it.  I figured
>> correctly it wouldn't sell for much since it's a Texas car and the
>> body is a bit rough.  Plus December is a bad time to sell a vehicle.
>>
>> It started right up and didn't smoke until 20 miles from home. I had
>> it towed after it died.  I put about 350 miles on it.  I can try some
>> Marvel Mystery Oil but it's undriveable as it is.  Way more than any
>> 2-stroke motorcycles or scooter I've seen.
>>
>> -Dave
>>
>>
>