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"iBoaterer" wrote in message
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There are ways, not ideal but there are ways to keep debris in the
cylinder to minimum, first is liberal use of grease on the tap.

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I accidently dropped a small stainless steel lock washer into the
carburetor of a Fiat 850 Coupe we had years ago. It was supposed to go
under the wingnut that held the air filter cover on. It was dark,
and when I went to put the cover on, I heard a little "tink", tink,
tink". I didn't even think that it may have gone in the carb.
Fired the engine up and within just a few seconds of running it caused
enough damage to require the head to be removed and machined.

Valve keeper on a 289 Ford came off, valve dropped down while driving
down the highway, pulled over and figured what to hell, I need to get
home from the middle of nowhere, it started up, went home on 7
cylinders. Next day went to pull it in the shop, and that's when the
cylinder hit the valve in such a way that it broke it off of the stem,
punched a hole in the piston, scraped up the cylinder wall.....