Oooh, Gary, not good! You must have had a heck of a good prelube in there to be
able to get that far (unless the car wash is just down the block). My first
guess would be toasted valve seals, which are relatively easy to replace. The
valves don't depend on oil for lubrication - the valve seals are supposed to
prevent that, in fact. Older engines like ours depended on the lead in the gas
for lubrication.
Longer-term, I'd be very concerned about the cylinder walls and bearings. The
bearings can be checked easily enough by dropping the pan, but the cylinders are
much harder to evaluate without at least pulling the head. And at that point,
it's just about as easy to pull the whole engine and do it right.
"Gary L. Neel" wrote:
> OK, I am in need of the thing that this site so well serves.....advice.
> I have a '69 Solex U20 that runs well and starts well until it fouls the
> plugs in about 20 miles of driving. At first I thought it was fuel fouling.
> But, on further investigation it appears to be oil on the plugs when they
> foul. Now, to confession....Last Summer I drove this car to the car wash
> after putting the engine in it and I never put oil in it. It seized the cam
> and shut off. I relieved the cam and it started right back up. Did I
> probably trash valve seats or something? Where do I get my head
> reworked... any places in Texas. That would be closer than having it sent
> to California or the East coast for machine work. Thanks in advance for
> any and all help. Gary Neel, Altus, OK.
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Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
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