[tcb] Re: Valve gasket leak
- From: treyjung@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:58:21 +0000
Thanks for all the recomendations... The neew gasket is holding up well, the
bails are in great shape....
On another note from the Mountain Biking Handbook.
Gravity: It's not just a good idea, it's the Law!
Trey
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From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Well, that too. Ever wonder why you saw so many busses meet their demise in
roll overs back in the day. They are top heavy and don't handle so well. But,
for the guy who wants to pull a lot of side load: Back in the day I used to
run a Manx buggy in SCCA slalom events. With the suspension and tire set up
this thing would pull about 1 g sideways before it wanted to lose traction. In
a VW engine this type of side load causes the oil to surge to the side and away
from the oil pick up. Solution was a windage tray in the sump that prevented
the oil from climbing the wall of the case. Lot of formula vee guys out there
still running the old 40 horse engines and they pull a lot side load in turns.
So if Brian wants to experiment with gravity .........
Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My advice would be to SLOW DOWN.
sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Always make sure you have sufficient oil in the crankcase and the next time you
have the case apart you can put a windage tray in there to prevent oil surging
to the side in hard cornering.
Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
if you went around a curve real fast lots of oil would accumulate in
there...heck, one day i went around a 30mph curve doin' about 45 and my oil
light came on for a bit.
From: treyjung@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: TCB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Valve gasket leak
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:44:10 +0000
Never knew how much a valve gasket can leak.
Had a really bad leak under my 71 and figured the worst, so I stopped driving
New Dee for 2 months. I started it this weekend and ran it (after I added about
a half quart) and then it started leaking bad. Pulled the valve cover off (the
right side) and notice that the gasket wasn't sealing at all on the bottom.
replaced it and ran the bus for about 20 miles and it's not leaking now.....
I was under the impression that there wasn't much oil in there (under the valve
cover) and that you could start an engine with the valve covers offs and not
much oil would accumlate in there. Am I correct?
If that's the case, then oil is in getting in there from somewhere (e.g. the
push rods seals? ) which might need more attention. Just wanted to make sure I
wasn't masking a problem with a new gasket.
Trey
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