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Re: mystery valve buildup

To: robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>
Subject: Re: mystery valve buildup
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 14:11:02 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
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Reply-to: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
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Robert,
my guess is you have been using WAY to much lead additive in you gas
(more's not always better).  If I were you I would forget about the
additive.
Ulix


On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, robert weeks wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I posted two photos of the head off my engine at:
> 
> http://www.woozy.com/midget/head.html
> 
> There is an incrediable amount of buildup on the exhaust
> valves for an head that only has 5-6 thousand miles on it.
> The rattling sound that we thought was either a loose
> seat or a bad bigend bearing was actually the crud on the
> backside of exhaust valve #4 hitting the air injector.
> 
> If anyone has any ideas on how to avoid or lessen this
> buildup I'd appreciate hearing from them. Maybe a
> different gas or spark plug? There are more details
> on that page as to the gas I've been using, etc.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Robert Weeks
> Durham NC
> 1969 Midget
> http://www.woozy.com/midget/
> 
> 

    Ulix                                                    __/__,__        
.......................................................... (_o____o_)....
                                                           '67 Sprite


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