Spitfire 1300 engine problem opinions please

Spitfire 1300 engine problem opinions please

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kartman24

Original Poster:

458 posts

252 months

Saturday 19th July 2014
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The engine in my car is getting very tired, it has compression between 85-95lbs on the 4 cylinders and it ticks over at 900rpm but is quite lumpy, if I remove the oil filler cap or the breather pipe from the rocker the revs jump up by 600rpm. Putting my finger over the breather pipe on the side that goes to the inlet manifold reveals that the pressure is sucking from the inlet manifold. The engine is using oil, 4.5 litres on the return trip from Le Mans Classic, my initial thought was rings but would that cause the sucking from the breather pipe connected to the inlet?............Martin

caziques

2,582 posts

169 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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Where did all the replies to this go to?!

Need engine number and chassis number to help, there are all sorts of detail differences.

It could be the wrong head gasket fitted as the compressions are very low.

spitfire-ian

3,844 posts

229 months

Wednesday 23rd July 2014
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caziques said:
Where did all the replies to this go to?!

Need engine number and chassis number to help, there are all sorts of detail differences.

It could be the wrong head gasket fitted as the compressions are very low.
Maybe you were looking at the duplicate thread to this one? http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...