Re: [HSS] New Member Inquiry

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fdepasq@cs.com wrote:

>

> As a new member to the group I would like to say I enjoy the banter

> and responses to questions posted to the group. I have a situation I

> would like to open for discussion. Last year my 1917 Hudson started

> runing very irregular and would shut down after spitting and

> sputtering. A check of the spark plugs revealed cylinders 4, 5 & 6

> were fouled, after cleaning and reinserting plugs the car would run

> fine until the next time out when the same problem occurred.

> Thinking the cause was raw gas being sucked into the intake manifold

> by the vacuum tank vacuum line, I replaced the top to the vacuum

> tank. This helped only temporarily as the problem has re-occurred.

> When checking the spark plugs after running the engine until warm up

> I found oil in number six cylinder. As a result of this I decided to

> take engine apart, which is were I stand now. Glad I did this as

> bearings could use some re-adjustments. Thought this might be a good

> subject to toss around the group. Also I would like to install new

> valves while engine is apart, if anyone has some exhaust valves they

> could be spare I would be interested.

> Frank DePasquale

> Schenectady, New York

>

> Community email addresses:

Frank, a 1928 Hudson had the same problem on the last run I went on.

Turned out the fuel tank hadn't been filled for 6 months and the petrol

had gone bad, as it was sitting with the tank half full, allowing the

volatile stuff to evaporate away, leaving the heavy base. A clean up

of the plugs and some fresh fuel had it running again. Also, check the

heat range of the spark plugs, theymay be older cold type. The only

ones availabe here now are Champion D16, which are mid-range, but seem

to work okay. Good luck,

Geoff.