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> Dropped intake seat, Made a mess.
TrailerParkBoy
post Mar 13 2023, 09:54 AM
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Intake seat let go. Ended up resting at angle to valve (odd location, usually they sit flat if loose?) which ended up taking a chunk from top of piston and scuffing cam lobe from pressure created. Much work ahead of us this weekend :-(Attached ImageAttached Image


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TrailerParkBoy   Dropped intake seat   Mar 13 2023, 09:54 AM
Root_Werks   Oops! Yup, doesn't look good, probably di...   Mar 13 2023, 10:14 AM
dr914@autoatlanta.com   time for two new heads, these things are now 50 ye...   Mar 13 2023, 11:25 AM
r_towle   That looks wrong in a few ways. Valve,,, obvious T...   Mar 13 2023, 01:59 PM
brant   Looks like it could of been lean as mentioned Too...   Mar 13 2023, 02:54 PM
914sgofast2   The top of that piston looks really bad. Did you ...   Mar 13 2023, 03:42 PM
r_towle   It’s possible that detonation may have caused th...   Mar 13 2023, 04:08 PM
TrailerParkBoy   Thank you for the eye. Great questions. I’ll gra...   Mar 13 2023, 06:28 PM
r_towle   What budget do you have? I think AA makes new head...   Mar 13 2023, 06:37 PM
brant   I’m guessing it was not running right ?   Mar 13 2023, 07:04 PM
TrailerParkBoy   I’m guessing it was not running right ? Yes, ...   Mar 14 2023, 09:38 AM
Brett W   Be interesting to see if the rod bearings are beat...   Mar 13 2023, 08:30 PM
Superhawk996   The tops of the piston have all the hallmarks of ...   Mar 14 2023, 06:01 PM
gnomefabtech   Looks to me like that valve seat did a dance in th...   Mar 14 2023, 11:04 AM
gandalf_025   I had an intake valve seat drop in a Corvair Turbo...   Mar 14 2023, 11:15 AM
bludden   Happened to me a week and a half after I bought my...   Mar 14 2023, 06:20 PM
emerygt350   Again, reminds me of the importance of AFR and CHT...   Mar 15 2023, 06:57 AM
Superhawk996   Again, reminds me of the importance of AFR and CH...   Mar 15 2023, 08:35 AM
majkos1   engine original fuel injection or carb?   Mar 15 2023, 07:08 AM
technicalninja   Again, reminds me of the importance of AFR and C...   Mar 16 2023, 02:17 PM
rjames   Agree that a wideband sensor is important, especia...   Mar 16 2023, 03:38 PM
gnomefabtech   How do the other cylinders look? It's possibl...   Mar 16 2023, 10:08 PM
TrailerParkBoy   Pulled it apart and this is what we found, remembe...   Mar 20 2023, 10:17 AM
gnomefabtech   Dayum! That's a crazy failure.   Mar 20 2023, 07:18 PM
r_towle   Lean, detonation evidence on the other cylinder. W...   Mar 20 2023, 07:38 PM
Dave_Darling   That looks depressingly familiar. Could be caused...   Mar 20 2023, 10:05 PM


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