Re: *ENGINE CEASE UPDATE* GOOD NEWS!!!

["Allyn" <amalventano1@home.com>]

Craig,
    Beware, its possible for rings to be shot. Engine will still idle cold,
but as soon as it warms up, it puts itself to a stall. Just something to
check. Rings do funkly things at 1000F.
Al

Allyn Malventano, ETC(SS), USN
87 Rieger GTO Scirocco 16v (daily driver, 170k, rocco #6)
87 Jetta 8v Wolfsburg 2dr (daily driver, 260k, 0 rattles, original clutch,
driveshafts, wheels :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "B-Boy Krazy Horse" <nightmare16v1988@hotmail.com>
To: <rapieper@yahoo.com>; <jerry.carter@shaw.ca>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:24 PM
Subject: *ENGINE CEASE UPDATE* GOOD NEWS!!!


> it started!!! i finally got it starting. i took out plugs 2 and 3 and
> tried turining it over, putt putt putt *cough* putt putt putt putt
> *caugh*. sounded like that. then i put 2 and 3 back in, putt putt
> putt *caugh* *caugh* putt *caugh* putt putt putt *caugh caugh* VROOM!!! it
> quickly died, but it started. i let it sit for about 10 min and tryied
> firing it up again. started right up. oil pressure was great (pegged @ 70,
> like it always was). sounded like a valve was tapping, that ticking noise
> (which i had noticed before all this happened, but ignored because
sometimes
> it went away). but this is a 16v with hydro lifters. the oil pressure was
> slowly dropping (got down to 40 then i shut it off), but it was at idle
and
> i didnt rev it ever. it didnt sound 100%, but its running now, which is
much
> better than the 2% it was at. at first it had a very rough idle, but it
> seemed to mellow out after a bit. still, i dont dare drive it anywhere. so
> whats my next move? take the pan off and have a look to see and replace
the
> barrings? if all is going well, do you think that i will be able to drive
it
> to a garage that i will have later this month (its only two miles, but i
> have to take the main road though town)? i need to get the ish done on my
> car asap. thanks everyone!
>
> -Craig
>
> "Nightmare" '88 16v (soon to be g60 Turbo!!)
>
>
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