No oil getting to bottom end???
Cheers!!
Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
On 7/3/06, Frank Clarici <spritenut@comcast.net> wrote:
> A crankshaft to wipe out?
>
> Jr's Mini, 1274 A+ engine, .60 over.
> We had the crank turned because it was wiped out when he bought the
> engine. 5 psi oil pressure. So out with the crank and off to the machinist.
> With his constant overheating problem and maybe 200 miles on the engine,
> he decided to search for another engine.
> So out with this one and he took it apart to find the mains wiped out
> and the crank wiped out.
> It looks like somebody dumped a qt of sand in the engine but there is no
> sand in it.
> Rod bearings look OK, used but still silver. Maiuns are scored and
> chunked out. Crank is full of grooves and ridges too.
> It has been cut to .30 over already so it's an anchor now.
> Thrust washers are fine, just the mains.
> Any ideas? And would this cause it to run beyond hot? Or dit the beyond
> hot cause the crank to wipe out?
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