> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:16:24 -0000
> From: "Bill OBrien" <billob@bellsouth.net>
>Subject: Peugeot Diesel Engines
>
>
>Wow - you guys know your stuff. Thanks for all the info.
>I need to get to the boat and look more closely at the engine. I'll
>try to find some serial numbers or other form of id on the engine to
>help narrow down exactly what engine it is.
>The story I heard was that a Company called American Marine (or
>something like that)in Virginia (I think) marinized these engines.
>They are called a "Lehman Ford" which I think is the name of a
>company (not a Ford motor). They actually have a whole line of
>engines up to about 180 HP or so and use various blocks to create the
>engine.
>My engine runs well and gives good fuel consumption. It tends to
>smoke a lot when first started (a very light bluish smoke which goes
>away after about 5 minutes). My mechanic says I have sticky piston
>rings and that one cylinder is not coming up to compression until
>after the engine warms up. When warmed up it runs well with no smoke.
>I do not use any oil and have not had any overheating problems - no
>loss of coolant either.
>This is the second boat I have owned with this Peugeot based engine
>and the first did the same thing. Is this a characteristic of the
>Peugeot diesels? How does one free up sticky pistion rings short of
>tearing the engine down ?
>I'll be back with engine id info early next week, after I go to boat
>this weekend.
>Thanks
>Bill O'Brien
>
Bill, I have had very good luck freeing stuck rings in gasoline
engines by pouring a quart of automatic transmission fluid in the
intake while the engine is running. Use a squirt bottle of some kind
to limit the flow so that you don't hydraulically lock the engine
(bad juju) The engine will belch out smoke like an extremely thick
fog but after the smoke clears you should be good to go. I have done
this on one truck engine and two junkyard engines for race cars with
excellent results. All engines quit smoking and using oil. I don't
know why this wouldn't work on a diesel. I guess you could squirt a
little in and see if the engine speed increases. In a gasoline engine
the engine has to be raced some to keep it running. Good luck, Robert.
Robert Bolton
rbolton@ev1.net
robert.bolton@blinn.edu
Columbus, Texas
979/732-2821
979/732-2451
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