Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:31:14 GMT From: "Jonas Quimby" <Jonas184nopsamail.com> Subject: Re: sonett III problems
<davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message news:3bfbec10$0$30964$272ea4a1nopsam.execpc.com... > Jonas Quimby <Jonas184nopsamail.com> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > > I have a friend that ended up with a 73 saab sonett III not long ago. > > (snip) > > Great car - lots of fun. Hope to drive mine over next summer. > > > but it was hard to tell. cylinder 3 and 4 were dead. no > > compression. > > None? Or low? Any odd noises (Pffft sound of valves not closing)? Any > coolant in the oil (oil looking like chocolate latte)? > > > I looked at the plugs from those cylinders and they looked as > > if the tips were melted. not good. > > Yup, not good. > > > so we stuck everything back together and > > cranked it till it finally started. after running for less then a minute, > > there was quite a cloud of exhaust coming from the carb. > > That's odd. What color, white, blue, black? Did it smell like coolant, > or oil, or gas? > > > we shut things down > > and called it a night from there. anyone got any ideas what's wrong? One > > interesting thing is that not very long ago the valve seats wee worked over > > so it could run on unleaded gas. could this have anything to do with it? > > Ah. Ah. Could very well be a problem with that work. Was the head torqued > properly? New head gaskets of course, right? > > I'd check a few things: > > 1. Are the valve clearances adjusted properly? When the valves are closed, > you should be able to move the rockers slightly and have free play. If > this doesn't make any sense to you, you might be better off with a mechanic. > > 2. Are the head bolts tight? > > Um. I can't think of anything else right now, but let us know what you find > and we'll see what else we can suggest. > > Dave Hinz > > > sorry bout the long post. > > Umm... very little compression, hardly noticeable. I do seem to recall a little pfft noice. Didnt check the oil. the exaust was white. I think it smelled like oil. My uncle was thinking it might be the head gasket. I didnt witness the work that was done to the valves or even get a chance to check if everything was adjusted and torqued right. I cant look into any of this for awhile, the cars in washington and im in vancouver canada.
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