Well, I finally cracked into the Southwind's motor today....and its worse then I thought.
The last time I took it out (August)....It shut down at WOT and turned over, but wouldnt start. I got it home, pulled the plugs and found water in all 8 plugs and #5's plug was smashed to shit.
I then put the cover on it, put it on the side of the house and got to work on the race boat. Play time was over.
Well, I finally got around to ripping into it to assess the damage....
First thing I saw was a failed hydrolic lifter on the exhaust port on #5
Then I pulled the exhaust log and stuck my finger in the #5 port...yup, just a valve stem.
Pulled the head.....awww shit
So here's what I think happened....
The lifter failed and expanded pushing the valve wide open and kissed the piston. It then broke off, bounced around, broke off the intake valve and made a window in the combustion chamber of the head letting water into the cylinder and then flooding into the other 8 cylinders...thus why all 8 plugs were wet.
so.....I got a pile of junk. ......now what? Looks like its gunna be one of those summers
