<VV> Trouble getting Corvair home from car show

[Bryan Blackwell]

I have heard of valve seats coming out then going back into place, I can't recall what symptom went with that.  You might run a compression check just to be sure everything is ok.

--Bryan

On Jun 21, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Charles Peck wrote:

> Unfortunately, the convertible didn't want to go home at the end of the
> show. The battery may have been a little low from powering the top down and
> up a few times, and it did turn the engine over a little slowly, and then
> BANG BANG (loud metal on metal sound). I took the hardtop home and brought
> its battery back; jumping the convertible with this battery. The next
> attempt at starting was similar  to the first - turning a little slow and
> then the BANG BANG. Then the next attempt, and the engine turned over
> normally; the car started; and, the engine seemed pretty normal on the ride
> home.