<VV> No Fan Belt, Follow-up

[Shaun]

The rings have likely lost their spring.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brown, David" <BrownD at bsci.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 1:32 PM
Subject: <VV> No Fan Belt, Follow-up


> As promised last week, here is the report on the engine (low mileage
> 102hp) we tore down at our club meeting on Friday that had been
> "toasted" by running without a belt for an undetermined amount of time
> on the freeway.  As a reference, "a lot of smoke" was seen coming out
> the rear & was the clue that there was a problem.  30 minutes after
> stopping the car, the engine would turn over easily, but was not
> generating any compression.
>
> Moving ahead to club meeting:
> After pulling off the valve covers & top cover, there was a noticeable
> stench of burnt oil.  The bearings looked OK.  The heads "appeared" OK,
> but are likely warped.  The cylinders also appeared OK, but will need to
> be checked to see if they are out of round.  The pistons & rings looked
> good as well.  It was noted that steel head gaskets were used & likely
> did not hold up as well as copper would have.  There was some
> speculation that the engine might not have lost compression had copper
> been used instead of steel.  Other than that everything appeared normal.
>
> David Brown
> Corvair Houston
>
>
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