Glenn Butcher
17th October 2002, 10:19 PM
Carbon Lock can be a killer!
A friend of mine had an engine completely sieze on him simply because of Carbon Lock. The engine had to be pulled out of the car - when it was pulled apart there was nothing wrong with it, apart from a large build up of carbon on the rotor faces.
He blew fuses from the starter motor burning out. We also tried to turn the engine over manually using a 2 meter tube attached to a cracker bar with socket on the front of the engine. We could not clutch start the car either, as it kept locking the back wheels!
So much carbon was wedged between the rotor faces and the rotor housings that the engine could not be MOVED AT ALL!
He was having tuning problems at the time, and it was running extremely rich. He was also leaving the car for weeks on end without driving it - but just letting it idle once or twice a week.
As mentioned above, the engine was perfect when it was pulled apart - just needed a good clean and to be assembled again.
To stop this from happening, obviously the car should not be just run, it needs to be driven - and each time (when warm etc.) you should take it to the REDLINE! I'm sure none of you will have a problem with that :)
A friend of mine had an engine completely sieze on him simply because of Carbon Lock. The engine had to be pulled out of the car - when it was pulled apart there was nothing wrong with it, apart from a large build up of carbon on the rotor faces.
He blew fuses from the starter motor burning out. We also tried to turn the engine over manually using a 2 meter tube attached to a cracker bar with socket on the front of the engine. We could not clutch start the car either, as it kept locking the back wheels!
So much carbon was wedged between the rotor faces and the rotor housings that the engine could not be MOVED AT ALL!
He was having tuning problems at the time, and it was running extremely rich. He was also leaving the car for weeks on end without driving it - but just letting it idle once or twice a week.
As mentioned above, the engine was perfect when it was pulled apart - just needed a good clean and to be assembled again.
To stop this from happening, obviously the car should not be just run, it needs to be driven - and each time (when warm etc.) you should take it to the REDLINE! I'm sure none of you will have a problem with that :)