[ihc] Re: "stuck valves"

[Colin M Rush <salmineo@xxxxxxxx>]

Opinion?  Sell the Scout, and buy a Blazer to put the 402 into.  There
are a lot more of those 'already built', and there are a whole lot more
of them left than Scouts.
-Colin Rush

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:23:56 -0600
From: "Ryan Moore" <baradium@domain.elided>
Subject: [ihc] "stuck valves"

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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