[Public-List] Brought SURPRISE home

[Gordon Laco]

You may be right, Mike!




On 11/05/10 8:36 AM, "Meinhold, Michael J." <MICHAEL.J.MEINHOLD at saic.com>
wrote:

> In my short but intense experience I've learned that the A4 likes to
> run.
She's telling you the Canadian winter is just to damn long.
> 

Mike

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Good morning gang
> -

Caroline and I brought SURPRISE home from her winter harbour after dinner
> yesterday.  That involved a 90 minute run on the engine at about 1200 rpm with
> occasional spurts to full power just to try things out.  Before leaving
> Penetanguishene I did an oil change.  On my mechanic friend?s advice I went
> for a heavier grade of oil and used the ?snake oil? additive, which I had
> earlier put a little of into each cylinder through the spark plug
> holes.

Guess what.

At 1200 rpm there was no discernable smoking from the
> engine.  The wisp I had earlier detected from the manifold disappeared.  The
> engine ran cool and smooth the whole time.  I opened the throttle to full
> power a couple of times to see what would happen... The only result was the
> boat bounding up to hull speed, settling between her bow and quarter waves...
> And a slight wisp of vapour in the exhaust.  At the end of the run the oil was
> still clean and there was never any pressure evident in the crank case as
> might have been the case if worn rings were allowing blow-by to blast down
> past the pistons.

So what am I to think?  Did the ?snake oil? additive work?
> Were the symptoms that alarmed me earlier caused by remnants of the fogging
> oil I winterized the engine with burning off?  Was the vapour from the
> manifold just exterior water steaming off?  Is there indeed a tiny crevice
> there, but it was closed by a piece of crud in the manner an old car?s
> radiator can seal itself?

I suppose I will not do anything to the engine,
> just use it as usual, and watch it carefully, also as
> usual.

Interesting...

Gord #426
> SURPRISE
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