Geoff,
Bear with me, there is an answer to your problem; I just need a little
info.
What kind of piston rings did you use?
Were the bores properly honed to a coarse cross hatch pattern prior to
assembly?
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Gameparker@cs.com [mailto:Gameparker@cs.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 11:25 PM
To: jswarth1@tampabay.rr.com; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Fresh Engine Start-up Advice
Jim,
how's a quart of oil every 600 miles grab ya! Yep, after about 5000
miles of
this I pulled the head and took a good look and saw bore walls with a
super-hard super-shiny glaze to them. Actually thought about buying a
dingle-ball
honer and dropping the pistons and de-glazing it myself, but I decided
to go the
full rebuild route (the bore dimensions were at their max for stock
pistons
and rings). Coughed up the extra 200 to get the engine balanced because
of
vibration at about 5000 rpm - but in following a topic on what seems to
be my
very same problem, I'm beginning to wonder if I'll continue to have the
same
problem. Anyway that's my issue in a nutshell.
Thanks,
Geoff
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