Subject: (MGCL)Bottom end failure
Author: Scott Larson
Date: May 9, 2001, 9:46 AM
Post ID: 1706649104
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Hi Guzzi list,
I have a 69 Ambassador that has shelled one of the Big end rod bearings =
on the left cylinder. I noticed on the ride home from work, it was lightl=
y 'hammering' on the left side. I also had a lot of oil blown out the bre=
ather hose onto my rear wheel. I pulled the oil pan off and found quite a=
bit of brass/bronze and aluminum looking shavings. On further investigat=
ion, I found the rod bearing bad, but there seems to be no scoring on the=
crank pin, although there is a little discoloration on the rod. My quest=
ion is this: Why do I have oil blowing out the breather? I pulled the pis=
tons just to make sure there was no broken rings and the rings on both pi=
stons are intact and there is no scoring at all on the cylinders. The eng=
ine is only about 6 months old and the cylinders have been Nikasel'd and =
valves done also by Eish. The rod bearings were reused, which was probabl=
y a mistake, but they appeared to be okay at the time. Any assistance wou=
ld be appreciated, thanks
Scott
69 Ambassador
72 Eldorado
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V>Hi Guzzi list,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I have a 69 Ambassado=
r that has shelled one of the Big end rod bearings on the left cylinder. =
I noticed on the ride home from work, it was lightly 'hammering' on the l=
eft side. I also had a lot of oil blown out the breather hose onto my rea=
r wheel. I pulled the oil pan off and found quite a bit of brass/bronze a=
nd aluminum looking shavings. On further investigation, I found the rod b=
earing bad, but there seems to be no scoring on the crank pin, altho=
ugh there is a little discoloration on the rod. My question is this: Why =
do I have oil blowing out the breather? I pulled the pistons just to make=
sure there was no broken rings and the rings on both pistons are intact =
and there is no scoring at all on the cylinders. The engine is only about=
6 months old and the cylinders have been Nikasel'd and valves done also =
by Eish. The rod bearings were reused, which was probably a mistake, but =
they appeared to be okay at the time. Any assistance would be appreciated=
, thanks</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott</DIV> <DIV>69 Ambassador</DIV=
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