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Subject: RE: '74 Eldo questions

Author: brian c

Date: May 5, 2005, 11:30 AM

Post ID: 1718817924



The compression stroke on an engine is designed to compress air and
gaseous fuel- not liquid fuel. If you fill up the cylinder with liquid
(gas) and the valves are closed when you go to start it, it tries to
compress the liquid in the combustion chamber, it has no where to go, so
something is going to break.

The other thing to worry about is that fuel getting down into the crank
case and diluting the oil.




Kevin Graf wrote:
 
Never seen it happen but I've heard of potential hydro-lock. I seem to
remember seeing some photos of parts after hydro-lock. Bent rods,
screwed up pistons, ect. Anyone expand on this?

Kev


-----Original Message-----
From: John Chicoine [mailto:jchic-@mestek.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:45 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: '74 Eldo questions

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As a former British bike rider I've made it a habit not only to shut my
gas
off whenever I shut the bike off, but I do it b4 I get to my stop to run
the
float bowls down.

The potential of gas washing your cylinders by flooding the bike is real
and
should be avoided.

John C.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Ward" <ju-@astrocomma.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: '74 Eldo questions


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Two things.
My rear brake was making horrible noises, I took it apart and sprayed
brake
 cleaner over all the appropriate surfaces and used a dremel to grind
off
the
 ridge on the edge where the brake shoe wasn't making contact with the
drum,
 put it back together and it was great for a few miles then started
doing
it
 again. It not only sounds terrible, but I can feel it vibrating
through my
 foot. Do I just need new pads or what?

Also, I left my petcock on last night and this morning had a
surprisingly
 large puddle of gasoline under the bike. On one side it was dripping
out
of
 the air filter, the other looked like it was coming from the bowl or
somewhere similar. Should I worry about this, or just leave my petcock
off
 when parked?

Thanks for sharing your accumulated wisdom.
Ted

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near Berkeley, CA
'72 Eldo
'74 Eldo
'95 1100sport
'73 v7sport project

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