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motor rebuild
That is summer oil!
----- Original Message -----
From: "der flo" <derrickmd18@juno.com>
To: <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: motor rebuild
> 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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