<VV> ring job - looking for running engine

[Ron]

I suppose it's possible that you fried the engine if the fan belt was overly 
loose.  Those loose head bolts can indicate that this happened.  I have no 
idea what "oil pump stuck open" means, however.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Smith" <gornzilla at gmail.com>
To: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> ring job - looking for running engine


>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
>>>
>>>
>>
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