Thanks for the tip. A little trick I used on my drag bikes has hit the = kill switch off and one with the throttle cracked a 1/4 open. Damn thing = would backfire and shoot flame and carbon straight out the exhaust pipes. = Worked like a charm and never had carbon build-up or a blown gasket. I don't = think however I'd try this little stunt on a flight engine due to undue = stresses placed on all kinds of rotating masses. Doug Rupert
He took a large rubber mallet=20 and smacked the roker arms a few times after removing the cover of = course=20 and now that cylinder is showing 74 pounds. Just a few strokes with a=20 rubber mallet was all it took to jar the carbon off of the seal. I = could=20 see an expensive repair bill for grinding valves, replacing rings or=20 possibly the entire cylinder so I thought you guys aught to know about = this=20 fix. Bob Stone, Harker Heights, Tx =20 --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.7/182 - Release Date: = 11/24/2005 =20
