Rings and bearings while I have the engine out?

[mjmmjm]

Thanks, MrMarty. I adjusted timing and did TDCO relearn first, and that cleared things up. Seems fine now. Only thing left is hard warm start - once it's started everything seems fine. I'll check around about it.

 

[Will L.]

The reason Marty is asking is if there is air in the line before you start, the “burp” of air will cause a hard start and often smoke when it does because the first batch of fuel isn’t burning properly. Then maybe no air intrusion while running…

 

[mjmmjm]

No air - clear as can be.

 

[mjmmjm]

Now that I've got the timing and TDCO all set, I'll try my new PMD again and see if that fixes it.