Paul Stenquist wrote: > Yes, almost certainly a dropped valve. Many years ago I worked as an > engine builder for fuel funny cars. When an engine dropped a valve, > it disintegrated, sometimes blowing the cars body apart. Of course > that was due to the fact that the intake manifold above the valve > contained a litre or so of nitromethane pressurized at about 50 psi. > When things go wrong in an internal combustion engine, bad things > happen.
It took me a while to work out what was wrong. Because the engine lost power momentarily and then seemed to get it back before stopping, I thought it was an electrical problem at first: Then engine stopped when I pulled in the clutch (fortunately) and I didn't find out it had actually seized up until back at the paddock. After various atteempts to get it started failed I took off an engine side cover and discovered the crank wouldn't turn :( It was then that my friend Tommy D gave me some good advice that I'll always remember: "If it's a catastrophic failure -- and it looks like it is -- my advice is: There's a big pot of spaghetti in the motorhome. Go Have some spaghetti." Even bad things sometimes turn into good memories! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
