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Originally Posted by J-Mech
You could disconnect the springs. You could also adjust the exhaust valve to have a very wide gap. Wide enough it should stay closed. But, it's really not worth the effort. If your engine is losing oil... only two ways that is possible. It's either leaking it, or burning it. You never said it had any leaks.
No. Not unless the charging system is also not working. But you don't ever have to jump it correct?
Could be a bad battery with not enough voltage. More than likely a timing issue.
$5 says you're seeing the exhaust valve move. You can't see the piston through the plug hole on a K series. At least not easily. Heard this story time and again on here how the piston is moving.... "newbies" always see the exhaust valve and mistake it for the piston.
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Has never leaked oil. Have not had to jump it for years - used to for awhile when I had a weak battery. Never thought about the exhaust valve! If I'm not seeing the piston then I guess I'm seeing the valve.
That would explain alot. I think it's time for me to stop monopolizing the forum and simply have my brother look at this thing and get it working again. I could go around and around here for the next year and probably be no farther along UNLESS it turns out to be the timing. I'll ignore the exhaust valve.
Curious though...why would the exhaust valve be directly below the plug? When the plug fires...how does it ignite the fuel/air mixture?