Re: [ihc] "stuck valves"

["Jim or Ginger Aos" <jaos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Moore" <baradium@domain.elided>
To: "ihc-digest" <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:23 AM
Subject: [ihc] "stuck valves"


> Figure you guys might know what this is.... have an opinion formed
already,
> but figure you guys might know these symptoms better than me.  He's about
to
> buy an adapter kit to put a 402 BB chevy into the scout because the 402 is
> rebuilt already and he doesn't want to rebuild the 345 if that's what it's
> going to take to fix it...
>
> opinions?  reccomendations?
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tim Eastman
> To: Ryan Moore
> <snip>
>
> The 345 runs fine while the engine is still cool.  After about 30 minutes
of
> run time, either valves or lifters on the left side of the engine stick,
and
> the engine misses.  You can definitly feel a difference in exhaust
pressure
> between the duals.  I havent done a compression test yet, with all the
smog
> junk around the ex manifold, I'm sure to burn the crap out of my hands.  I
> have tried tranny fliud in the oil, and have used oil detergent, and the
only
> difference seems to be that the valves get sticky after ten  minutes of
run
> time.

When the engine is first stated when cold is there a lifter clatter?  If so,
could it be a lifter problem that won't seal with the hot (lighter
viscosity) oil?  A thought from Jim A.
>
>
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