Very sorry to hear that, Dan.
My brand new 2.4 liter VW "froze", as you say, without any kind of
warning, after a little bit more than one hour run-in. We found the cause
to be a faulty oil valve. As I understand it, the VWs have an oil valve
whose job is to bypass the oil cooler when the engine is cold. If that
valve does not work, then you get insufficient lubrication of the thrust
bearing, and you're done.
(I think I got back in the air 3 or 4 days later, because the engine
manufacturer was round the corner, and he felt very sorry for me, so he
worked overnight to fix the problem.)
My 2 cents worth.
Serge Vidal
KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud"
Paris, France
"Dan Heath" <da...@alltel.net>
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Objet : KR> Bad day
Well, there won't be any flying for Dan and Jerry anytime soon. We put
the
tail in a valley between the taxi way and the runway to get the tail low.
Jerry was running it at about 3000 rpm, with less than a1/4 tank and it
was
running great. He started to pull back and the engine came to a very
abrupt
stop. It is frozen. There was no indication that anything was wrong. No
smoke, no foul temp readings, no nothing. So now back to the shop with
the
engine. I don't like working on them. I can build them, but really don't
trust myself with it and I don't know who will work on a VW for an
airplane,
that I would trust.
See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics
See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering
There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for
building
is OVER.
Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC
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