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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: Engine settings for OS 32-FH
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- References: <1992Aug26.122849.1065@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> <BtLoG8.H79@apollo.hp.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 17:35:33 GMT
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- In article <BtLoG8.H79@apollo.hp.com> rimbold@apollo.hp.com (Robert Rimbold) writes:
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- >You could try to run the engine on a test stand for a while. If
- >you put through a tank or two with it running bubbly-rich, you
- >may be able to leave enough carbon deposits to bring the compression
- >back to useable levels. This does sometimes work, but no guarantees.
- >This would only fix a piston / piston liner compression problem -
- >not damaged bearings or conrod clearance problems.
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- Hmmmm...
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- You could send the thing off to Oge (see my other posting) and
- get it rechromed, fitted with a new rod, etc. It might cost less
- than a new engine (these do cost a small fortune...)
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