<VV> opening a can of corvair worms

[jryall@juno.com]

You may have just hit a temp in the mufflers where it decided to burn off
some internal fouling (Maybe tetraetyhl lead, he, he).  Seriousely, you
can't expect me to believe you were keeping up with traffic on route 84. 
You must have been doing 75 or better.  Your cyl head temp is fine, and
you don't have to pull off the lower shrouds here in drafty old CT.

John Ryall

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:01:40 EDT Pitts10ch@aol.com writes:
> Hi guys!
>  
> Hope all of you are well.  I hope to see some of you at CT Corsa's  
> meet at 
> Marcus Dairy this coming Sunday (15th).  As for me, I was zipping  
> down route 
> 84 today in my 66 Corsa when I noticed substantial blue/grey smoke  
> from the 
> back end of the car (in the mirror).  I was going 65 or so in  
> keeping with 
> traffic.  The Cylinder head temp was about 380 or so.  I  let off 
> the gas and the 
> smoke stopped.  I pulled off on the next exit and  checked her all 
> out.  No 
> oil pouring out anywhere.  I brought her home  and checked all 
> fluids and they 
> showed full.  She never smoked again the  rest of the day.  Any 
> ideas?  Thanks 
> as always guys!
>  
> Chris Hand
>  
> 66 corsa 140/4
>  
> Side question:
> Do those of you who run on the highway take off your lower baffles 
> off to  
> run cooler?  I know that 400 degrees CHT is normal for an  aircooled 
> aircraft 
> engine but is that also normal for a vair?
>  
> CH

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