Hi All The car was running great,300 miles on it,Thursday I went for a ride then it started running like crap,I pulled over called a buddy It had a skip a bad one
So I had it towed to the garage did a compression test pass side front 0 ,
They took of the cover off the valve spring was broke,called Carolina engine they sent spring w/new break in oil,they fixed the spring now it's better 45 psi
Not good my guy thinks the valve is burnt or bent, have to wait till Monday to see what we do from here my guy don't want to do anything else unless they Carolina engine want him to do it ,So I'm bummed out, it was running so good,what do you guys think of this crap,
Steve

 

they used good parts ... you probably have a bent valve now and an eyebrow on that piston. at 300 miles it's not burnt. the heads need to come off and get redone right with good quality parts. if you just do the one you are playing with fire.

 

These were all new parts

 

new doesn't mean they were any good is all I meant there. I am kind of suspect of the quality of the parts here but it is hard to say without knowing what you have used. who made the stuff ? could have been something wrong in the set up but you probably would have noticed so .. did they give you the parts list for the build , I am guessing you bought a complete engine ?

 

I'd give the builder a call and see what they say. It's misfortunate that you have issues.

 

Eric, Yes Monday. I'm not to happy with this it was running great I drove it easy maybe to easy,well it's under warranty parts and labor thank
Guys
Steve

 

Sorry to hear about the damage.
Valve is almost certainly bent.

Last time something similar happened to me, the piston actually got damaged also. The oil ring land over the pin broke off, oil ring retainer wiggled out and destroyed the bore. These were normal cast replacement pistons.

So be on the lookout of additional hidden damage.

 

Any updates?

 

I talked to joe he said everythings covered, but I got to get it there,Richard white the guy I met there he said it will talk a couple days till he can get to it ,But he thinks it bent he doubts if it screwed up the piston we will see,Thank god for AAA
Plus, it's about 50 miles I followed the tow truck to see the shop,nice shop,It will be keep inside,so now I have to wait
Steve

 

Moving in the right direction, hopefully it won't be long.

 

that's Joe at carolina machine engines right? he'll take care of any issues i'm sure, any idea of the issue? hope it's nothing serious

FYI, they did not put the proper oil galley plug with the oil hole in it for the distributor when they built my engine, they put a solid plug in there... i had to replace it with the proper one with the .040 hole in it.

 

Yes Carolina The engine started running ruff turns out a valve spring broke, that was changed Richard thinks the valve got bent, I called yesterday he said next week he will get to it, I don't think there going to take the engine out unless that piston got hit bad,have to wait, I'm getting fed up with this olds I have a lot invested just hope it's fixed right and stay fixed,I'll keep you guys update
Steve

 

do you know the cam specs of your engine? it will be on your invoice.. hang in there man, you'll get it going!

 

All it says is MELMC 1287
I looked up at melling company the specs are there
http://omnitek.co/mellingcatalog/#ag/part/MC1287 This is what I found ,
This USA stock cam nothing radical this time
Steve

 

thanks, was just wondering if it was the same as mine... hope they get it fixed soon!

 

Update, The cars done one of the rockers was 2 tight he did a leak down and retighten the rocker and it's fine, I find it hard to believe,The owner of the place has to ck it out today and I hope to get it back Thursday am
Weird
Steve

 

Good to hear, hopefully your drama is over.

 

The owner ok the car so I be going there in the am ,I let you know how it goes

 

I picked up the Olds today drove it about 70 miles ran good ,
Let's hope nothing else goes wrong
Steve

 

good luck with it!