<VV> Engine with no compression

[jryall]

When I go down this weekend, I'll take off the valve covers to check for
stuck valves.  Will also have a compression gauge with me.  I'll drain
the tank and add fresh gas with carb cleaner and upper end lubricant.

John
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:27:18 -0400 "corvairduval at cox.net"
<corvairduval at cox.net> writes:
> When you tried starting the engine after its 4 year sleep, did you 
> just
> crank it with the four year old gasoline in the system?
> 
> If so, I would drain the gasoline from everything. Refill with 
> newer
> gasoline. Take off the valve covers and see which intake valves are 
> stuck.
> Apply liberal amounts of carb cleaner and lubricant (carb cleaner to 
> remove
> the sticky from the stems, lubrication to allow the stems to move 
> again).
> You may have to use a hammer and other tools to move the stems to 
> start.
> 
> This happened once to me when I tried to burn old gasoline from a 
> sleeping
> cutomer car in the shop Corvan to get rid of it. Mix ratio was too 
> high,
> probably 4 parts old to one part existing in the tank (shop van 
> never had
> too much gas...). Stuck all three intakes on one side. A little work 
> and we
> were driving it again.
> 
> Frank DuVal
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: jryall jryall at juno.com
> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:48:52 -0400
> To: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Engine with no compression
> 
> 
> I have a '67 110hp automatic which I had running very well 4 years 
> ago. 
> Employment changes took me away, so the car was stored under a tarp. 
>  The
> other week I unwrapped it and tired to start it.  It has spark, and 
> I
> have been dribbling gas into the carbs with no fire from the engine. 
>  It
> turns over very rapidly as if it has no compression.  I have 
> already
> tried squirting oil into several of the cylinders in an attempt to 
> get
> enough compression so that it might at least start on those 
> cylinders.
> 
> Is the next step filling the crankcase with Marvel Mystery Oil or
> something like that?
> 
> This car is 150 miles away, and I'll be able to work on it a bit 
> this
> weekend.
> 
> John Ryall
> 
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