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Re: Problem with starting

To: "Shop-Talk (E-mail)" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Problem with starting
From: Jim Franklin <jamesf@bayarea.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:07:57 -0700
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 02:48:01PM -0400, Mullen, Tim wrote:
>
>My son's '85 El Camino (5.0L V8) has a problem starting when the
>temperature
>is cold.  It smokes.  Blue clouds of oil smoke.  But if the outside
>temperature
>is 10-20 degrees warmer, no smoke, starts right up and runs great.

Pop off the valve cover and see if the drain holes looked blocked. if
they are, the thick/cold oil isn't draining and instead is getting sucked into
the PCV valve (check that cover only).

Maybe. :-) You could pop of fthe PCV valve instead, to make it easier.

jim, thinking out loud

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