Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Engine Rebuild III

[Ken Rentiers (rentiers]

Cheaper to buy another 308 than buy all those parts.

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On Nov 26, 2009, at 9:15 PM, clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net wrote:

> Buy a short block
> That shit is toast
> You will be throwing good money plus many hours down the drain
>
> Clyde
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Stark <MStark [at] Copper.net>
> Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:57:17
> To: clyde<clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
> Cc: The FerrariList<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Engine Rebuild III
>
> Which oil did you use?
>
> Michael James wrote:
>
> > My mechanic, David Feinberg, believes my choice in oil coupled with
> > the heat did some serious damage - the piston rings scoured the
> > cylinder liners, and vice-versa when the oil 'broke-down" from
> > high-heat, and the bearings in the motor are all SHOT.  The Cams and
> > Crankshaft were spared, but the bearing sets have risen in price over
> > the years....and so have cylinder liners.  I also burned-through a
> > piston.  I also have all of the engine gaskets to replace (a whole- 
> > set
> > of engine gaskets are $1,800, which include the head gaskets).  All  
> > 16
> > exhaust valves are destroyed, along with 9 intake valves.....the
> > previous valve job managed to 'nick' all of the valves and corrupt
> > their sealing properties, so my compression/leakdown numbers were
> > horrible across the board.  I suppose I should be lucky that the  
> > Block
> > and Heads were spared, but the internal 'bits' that have been roasted
> > over the years....crap!
> >
> > Anywho, we'll have to sit-down and review what the way-ahead looks  
> > like.
> >
> > M
> >
> > <snip>
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