motor rebuild

[derrickmd18 at juno.com (der flo)]

I couldn't reist.  a chevy prism wanted to race.  so I raced and won the
race with a smoke trail down I-70.  The car works fine now.  I drive it
home and left it over night and checked everything over and it tested ok.
 I have 10W-30 motor oil in the car so I'm thinking about upping it to
20W-50.


On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 17:58:43 -0400 "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
writes:
> Smoke out the tailpipe after extended idling means you have shot 
> valve guide
> seals. (and probably valve guides!) The high vacuum in the intake 
> port while
> idling pulls oil past the valve guide and it accumulates in the port 
> till
> you gas it and the extra air flow pulls the oil into the cylinder.
> What are you doing racing on the street anyway?
> Dan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: der flo <derrickmd18@juno.com>
> To: <robw_z@yahoo.com>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 12:17 PM
> Subject: Re: motor rebuild
> 
> 
> > It was deffently oil buring.  I took the air filter out and it has 
> oil on
> > it.  My car is running at 100 on highway and 120 in traffic.  its 
> running
> > a little hotter then normal.  i haven't notice a drop in 
> performance.
> > but I know when I sit at a light it starts to smoke out the 
> tailpipe.
> > but when I tap the gas a little it goes away.  I think its valve 
> seals
> > but I don't know.  I did a compression test about two months ago 
> and it
> > was 150 in all 4 cylinders.
> >
> > On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 04:09:51 -0700 (PDT) Robbie Cotner 
> <robw_z@yahoo.com>
> > writes:
> > > When my 8v smoked I rebuilt my spare 8v, and fought to keep the
> > > smoking 8v in the car running until I was finished(took me 6 
> months,
> > > but I took A LOT of breaks and it was my first rebuild).  I 
> wouldn't
> > > go through a rebuild unless you needed it, and theres a really 
> easy
> > > way to tell:  buy or borrow a compression tester!  You can get 
> a
> > > good one at Sears for $25.  Low or uneven compression will show 
> if
> > > you need a rebuild.  If you squirt a little oil in each cylinder 
> and
> > > the test still shows low/uneven compression that means the 
> problem
> > > is the headgasket/head, if compression raises it's bad rings.  
> What
> > > color was this smoke?  In general white means you're burning
> > > coolant(usually bad headgasket), black/grey/blue means your 
> burning
> > > oil(usually bad rings or valvestem seals).  Is the car running
> > > hotter than normal?  Have you noticed a drop or lack in power?  
> In
> > > my experience, if you have bad rings the car will smoke all the
> > > time, not just intermittently.
> > >
> > > -Rob
> > >
> > > der flo <derrickmd18@juno.com> wrote:
> > > I was out racing my car last night and all of a sudden it 
> started
> > > shooting smoke out the tail pipe. when I saw this I let off and
> > > pulled
> > > over and cut the car off. checked everything and it didn't look 
> like
> > > the
> > > headgasket was blown or anything so i let it sit for 10 mins 
> then
> > > started
> > > it up. lightly smoked a few seconds then it was ok. I drove the 
> car
> > > home
> > > and it didn't smoke once. I'm thinking my rings are shot. I have 
> a
> > > spare
> > > motor in my garage and I have a headgasket kit. I'm thinking if 
> I
> > > should
> > > rebuild the motor that in my car or rebuild my spare motor and 
> drop
> > > it
> > > in. What do u guys think?
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