kshansen
Senior Member
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2012
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- Location
- Central New York, USA
- Occupation
- Retired Mechanic in Stone Quarry
I'm sure I've said it at least once before: A problem with rocker arms is NOT going to be the cause for a cylinder having a piston seize!They didn't look for anything other than the wrong rocker assembly installed by me. I just talked to them again this morning and the service manager said that they weren't looking for anything else ,in their minds, that was the only explanation for the engine failure #1.Chris,did say that they poured water down from top to bottom of the radiator, found that it did run out the bottom ,imagine that !!!
Sure it will cause problems like worn rocker arm bushings worn shaft and maybe even some valve guide wear after a period of time. By a period of time I would say several hours or more and that is assuming absolutely no oil was getting to the rocker arms. Just the normal amout of oil one might put on during assembly would be good for a bit of running.
Anyone who claims otherwise needs to give me a good explanation of how this would happen.
How bad of a mechanic did they have working on this machine that they would not even work the machine enough to get it to operating temperature before dumping it on your lap? Just reading back some and see again that their road man can out with the BS story about wrong size pistons shows me they don't know what they are doing. If you have any paper work from that trip they made I would keep it and make sure your lawyer sees it and print out all this thread to let him hear from some of those who do know what they are talking about!