DeTomaso Mailing List: April 2000, Message #395

?Que pasa, Steve y mi amigos Panteras?

What was the verdict with regards to the source of the "tar formation"?
Any follow up? Thanks. Cal #2428r. 


On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Steve (AIA) wrote:

> Buenos Dias, Amigos,
> 
> An update on the valve problem I discovered last week and drug out onto the
> Internet highway like a week old roadkill.  It seems that the black gooey
> tar like substance that accumulated on the back of my intake valves has
> created yet another problem.  Since it is still in a viscous state, it
> accumulated to a greater degree on the downhill side of the intake valves,
> making them heavier on the bottom side of the heads.  This, in turn,
> prevented them from turning around properly, and wore a pretty good step in
> the stem of each valve, necessitating the replacement of the intake valves,
> as well as the guides.  All this in a measly 2175 miles!  What a pisser!!
> Now I have to order new valves, fit 'em, put in new guides, etc.  On top of
> this, the head was warped about 5 degrees as a result of the detonation.
> Bottom line = no car in Vegas this year.  I should have just ran the
> sombitch as it was and hoped for the best.  NOT!
> AND...... to top it all off, I learned another very valuable lesson.  When
> working on the engine in any great degree, DISCONNECT THE FREAKIN"
> BATTERY!!!  I didn't, and as a result of my incompetence, when removing the
> right head, I was able to make a connection between the head and the big old
> wire on the back of the alternator.  You know.... the wire that has the bare
> terminal about a 1/4 inch clearance from the head.... the one that goes up
> to the new $100 ammeter, now rendered completely useless..... the ammeter
> that smells REALLY bad when it fries.  You know...... that one!!!!!
> 
> Learnin' slowly in the land of manana...  (Tomorrow, to those of you who
> don't habla)
> 
> Steve R. Carvajal
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