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It's a Roller Again

Post by 808Bill » Sat Apr 06, 2019 6:01 am

:cry:
Maybe failed AOS...Stay tuned!
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Re: It's a Roller Again

Post by gnat » Sat Apr 06, 2019 7:14 am

Dude. April 1st was last week!

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Re: It's a Roller Again

Post by gnat » Sat Apr 06, 2019 7:15 am

So what happened? What are the symptoms?

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Re: It's a Roller Again

Post by B3DAWG » Sat Apr 06, 2019 9:11 am

Oh goodness... I'm just now seeing this. Unfortunately, this is the flip side of releasing a DIY video on how on Bore Scoring. People will now realize there cars have another major flaw.

Bill, what are you going to do about it?

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Post by FRUNKenstein » Sat Apr 06, 2019 12:51 pm

Well, that sucks. Sorry to hear. Hope it turns out OK.
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Re: It's a Roller Again

Post by 808Bill » Mon Apr 08, 2019 11:35 pm

Worked on it today on my back and with the flu...I cleaned the oil out of #4 and turned it by hand, so far so good but I really don't know how to proceed once I pull the throttle body and clean the runners. Tempted to run a catch can but I'm sure there's a down side to that.
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Re: It's a Roller Again

Post by B3DAWG » Tue Apr 09, 2019 5:49 am

808Bill wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2019 11:35 pm Worked on it today on my back and with the flu...I cleaned the oil out of #4 and turned it by hand, so far so good but I really don't know how to proceed once I pull the throttle body and clean the runners. Tempted to run a catch can but I'm sure there's a down side to that.
So Bill, the prognosis is AOS failure that led to filling the cylinders with oil which led to hydrolock? :o

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Post by 5chn3ll » Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:06 pm

Was reading up on your RL thread. What a kick in the nuts.

Are you going to work on this yourself? If so, if there are any tools or parts we can help out with, post up - my Durametric is currently on loan, but when it rolls back in, you're welcome to it.

For those not following the thread on RL, he pulled a quarter-inch chunk of flattened metal out of his filter - so there may be collateral damage. Hope not.

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Re: It's a Roller Again

Post by 808Bill » Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:40 pm

The 1/4" piece that fell out of the filter was an anomaly (I think) as I cut open the filter and found no metal debris and nothing picked up by a magnet. The piece looked like a flake of carbon or rust and it crumbled when I pinched it flat between my fingers. When I drained the oil, it all looked good (no sparkles) and my magnet picked nothing up.

I filled the oil and took it for a 30 min drive to clear out the oil/smoke and all seems fine.

I will pull this filter next week to see if anything else shows up. At this point I don't know what else to do. Thoughts?
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Re: It's a Roller Again

Post by 32wildbilly » Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:45 pm

808Bill wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:40 pm The 1/4" piece that fell out of the filter was an anomaly (I think) as I cut open the filter and found no metal debris and nothing picked up by a magnet. The piece looked like a flake of carbon or rust and it crumbled when I pinched it flat between my fingers. When I drain the oil, it all looked good (no sparkles) and my magnet picked nothing up.

I filled the oil and took it for a 30 min drive to clear out the oil/smoke and all seems fine.

I will pull this filter next week to see if anything else shows up. At this point I don't know what else to do. Thoughts?
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