[ihc] "stuck valves"

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Figure you guys might know what this is.... have an opinion formed already,
but figure you guys might know these symptoms better than me.  He's about to
buy an adapter kit to put a 402 BB chevy into the scout because the 402 is
rebuilt already and he doesn't want to rebuild the 345 if that's what it's
going to take to fix it...

opinions?  reccomendations?

Thanks,
Ryan

----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Eastman
To: Ryan Moore
<snip>

The 345 runs fine while the engine is still cool.  After about 30 minutes of
run time, either valves or lifters on the left side of the engine stick, and
the engine misses.  You can definitly feel a difference in exhaust pressure
between the duals.  I havent done a compression test yet, with all the smog
junk around the ex manifold, I'm sure to burn the crap out of my hands.  I
have tried tranny fliud in the oil, and have used oil detergent, and the only
difference seems to be that the valves get sticky after ten  minutes of run
time.


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