New Motor Burning Oil

[fiat218]

Perhaps pull a plug or two and have a look at the top of the piston. See if there is any oil there. Perhaps a slight chance a ring broke while pushing the piston down at re build ? I did it on my first Spider when I was a kid trying to rebuild my engine almost 40 years ago.

Your still a kid

[fiat218]

I didn't log the miles on it when I put it on the road. But I would say 300 miles tops. I did compression tests today.

cyl 4 = 129 dry & 147 wet
cyl 3 = 148 dry
cyl 2 = 124 dry & 149 wet
cyl 1 = 149 dry

So these are very disappointing too me. Is there any chance they will seat or did I screw something up? I really don't want to pull the motor again, it wasn't a job I enjoyed. Is there any danger in continuing to drive it this way?

Isn't one that is 129 and 124 bad

[narfire]

Your still a kid

Crikey, your sounding like my wife and kid that is here working with me....

Going to Van this weekend to see a play called "Spamalot".... Great stuff from the early 70's...kid-stuff.

[fiat218]

Your still a kid

Crikey, your sounding like my wife and kid that is here working with me....

Going to Van this weekend to see a play called "Spamalot".... Great stuff from the early 70's...kid-stuff.

Sounds fun
We never grow out of being a kid

[BCbrad]

I am going to pull the plugs and inspect the chambers with a borescope. Hopefully, there will be no signs of damage. We will see anyways.

I am also wondering about back firing. I have recently install an electronic distributor from Allison's Automotive and be struggling a little with setting the timing. I am misfiring and hesitation when acceleration and backifre when starting.