John,
I think that's what happened to Brian Cano a couple years ago, you were
there. We headed out from Shasta towards SF and only got a mile down the
highway before a cloud of smoke billowed out of his engine. He popped the
hood and I think he found that the oil filler cap came loose. His
award-winning car was a mess in the engine bay because of the oil that got
slung around in those few minutes. He was sorry it happened, especially
since his engine and engine bay WAS sparkly with chrome and braided hoses
etc.
Fred - So.SF
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Subject: Re: u20 valve settings
Author: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
Date: 4/20/2001 10:45 AM
Concerning a pushrod engine, it was written:
> There were a set of "clips" you could buy (I still have them) that went
> over the rocker arms and covered the hole that spits out oil into the head.
Remember, the U20 uses an overhead cam. That cam acts as quite an oil
slinger as it spins around and tosses oil all over the place!
If you run the engine without the valve cover you will soak down everything
within 20 feet... Heck, if you do something as simple as starting the
engine without the oil filler cap in place, you'll be sorry...
-- John
John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
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