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no it can’t lol. It would be nice to have more context on whoever’s engine this is. What was the actual cause. Rifledriver has a good point, the...
Everyone started to do leakdown testing because the fear their model had the Notorious valve guides that Ferrari put in the early models. Since...
No worries. The technicians working on it are just soo very close to answering the root cause. I wished more people measured. Measurements are a...
How worn were they? What was the valve guide stem clearance of the suspected guides? It’s important because the oil leak from the guides could...
Just more info. Here is SKFs recommendation for storage life on sealed bearings. THREE years, due to lubricant oil and thickener separation. And...
Clean title/Gated. Pretty good entry level 1981 Ferrari Mondial 8 design by Pininfarina. Arguably undervalued cars....
Using this date code chart. Your bearings was manufactured 23rd day of 2010 if based on (W23G) engraved on your bearing. SKF bearing date codes...
Related to timing belt/tensioner/bearings. If you either missed the major service for many years 7-10+ years or JUST had the service done. The...
Dirty valve seats. Just built up carbon on them. leak down testing is not a good indicator of valve guides. Just the sealing ability of the...
I’m about to use this method!! I’ve been just searching for pair of loose carbon seats to end up talking to scams(thankfully no money sent). Never...
Let’s all go out on a Sunday drive and eat there lol. nice! A gated 2.7
If you mean the #6 vacuum tank for the exhaust valves and secondary air valve. It gets vacuum through a vacuum port on the throttle body housing....
Beautiful! For sale? Lol
Damn I love those seats….
I have a Capristo 3. Also with headers, test pipes and spiral bypass. With the bypass valve operating as normal and closed, I can still whisper to...
f?%$ING demon=Capristo
then it could be your half shaft boots, there might be a tear on the boot and liquified grease is coming out.
It could be the coolant expansion tank cap overflow hose. Tug it from the top and see if it’s that hose you are seeing.
PMed you.
Blaupunkt Dab SQR46 Digital Receiver. Recently came out about a year ago. Period correct look with Bluetooth and other features. but if you are...
