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CN24 11-21-2005 07:38 PM

what's this mean?
 
Blow'in some blue smoke out of the exhaust at startup and oil out of the valve cover breather.

GPM 11-21-2005 07:47 PM

Re: what's this mean?
 
$$$$. You might start with a leak down test,

375stinger 11-21-2005 08:04 PM

Re: what's this mean?
 
blue smoke??/is this an o/b?

JJONES 11-21-2005 08:13 PM

Re: what's this mean?
 
If youve got oil out of your valve covers and smoke from your exhaust is a sign of a worn engine with to much blow by!On the vacum stroke of a cyclinder there is oil being pulled in and burned,on the combustion stroke,the oil is being burned as well as some of the explosion entering the crank are which in now being pressurized and forcing oil out the valve cover vents!Best do a leak down test to find leak percentage of each cyclinder and youll probably hear air from the valve covers which means the rings are bad,broken,or a wall is scored,maybe a hole in the piston!good luck!

Catagory5 11-21-2005 10:24 PM

Re: what's this mean?
 

Originally Posted by JJONES
If youve got oil out of your valve covers and smoke from your exhaust is a sign of a worn engine with to much blow by!On the vacum stroke of a cyclinder there is oil being pulled in and burned,on the combustion stroke,the oil is being burned as well as some of the explosion entering the crank are which in now being pressurized and forcing oil out the valve cover vents!Best do a leak down test to find leak percentage of each cyclinder and youll probably hear air from the valve covers which means the rings are bad,broken,or a wall is scored,maybe a hole in the piston!good luck!

Bingo......

CN24 11-22-2005 07:53 PM

Re: what's this mean?
 

Originally Posted by JJONES
If youve got oil out of your valve covers and smoke from your exhaust is a sign of a worn engine with to much blow by!On the vacum stroke of a cyclinder there is oil being pulled in and burned,on the combustion stroke,the oil is being burned as well as some of the explosion entering the crank are which in now being pressurized and forcing oil out the valve cover vents!Best do a leak down test to find leak percentage of each cyclinder and youll probably hear air from the valve covers which means the rings are bad,broken,or a wall is scored,maybe a hole in the piston!good luck!

I haven't done a leak down test yet but compression is good on all cylinders. Wouldn't the above problems cause low compression?

US1 Fountain 11-22-2005 07:56 PM

Re: what's this mean?
 
Not nessesarily. Oil will create a seal between the rings and the cyl. walls giving you a false cense of a good motor because it will make for higher compression numbers. A leakdown test is best.

JJONES 11-22-2005 09:24 PM

Re: what's this mean?
 
Some times Ive added oil to a low comp cylinder just to see if the comp comes up!Its a very prehistoric test but if the comp doesnt come up,its a bad valve,holed piston,if it does come up its a bad ring or two,like,US FOUNTAIN said,oil will seal the cylinders and keep the comp up!

RumRunner69 11-22-2005 10:34 PM

Re: what's this mean?
 
If it is only smoking at startup it could be worn valve stem seals leaking oil into the chamber.......right?

JJONES 11-22-2005 10:42 PM

Re: what's this mean?
 
if valve seals leak it will let oil into the chamber and it will smoke at start up but the oil out of valve cover vents is normaly combustion pressure blowing past the ring into the crankshaft area,oil pan,which gets pressurized and pumps the oil out! valves seals are a very common seal to go bad but once the engine is running it isnt as evident,only at start up!


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