old engine pulled from a parts car to get me mobile while I accumulated cash for
a top to bottom rebuild of my high compression engine
right now there isn't any PCV - I know, that's another problem unto itself
I did notice when I was running it yesterday afternoon that the oil is coming
out of the rocker bushed faster than it can drain down the oil galley in the
head
ckotting@core.com on 10/23/2001 04:39:28 PM
To: Tommy Samuels/MARKIVAUTO/US@MARKIVAUTO
cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Sprite, smoking a little
Tommy -
Valve guides would be one possibility. Another would be that you're
sucking oil vapor/droplets into the carbs through the PCV
(particularly any blue smoke on the "overrun", if you take your foot
off the throttle with the clutch engaged). How do you have the
crankcase ventilation hooked up?
Given the compression readings you've got there, I'd tend not to
suspect the rings, unless it's a fresh engine and the rings haven't
bedded in yet. If it's a fresh engine, give it time before you start
worrying.
Chris K.
> I've been driving the Sprite as much as possible since getting it
back on the
> road
> I've gotten the timing, points, valve carb and carbs adjusted
correctly -
> FINALLY
> It smoke a little - bluish - oil smoke
> Ran it yesterday and pulled the plugs when I got home and did a
compression
> check
> #1, light brown plug tip, 135 - 140 psi
> #2, slightly sooty plug tip, 145 - 150 psi
> #3 light brown plug tip, 145 - 150 psi
> #4 light brown plug tip, 140 - 140 psi
>
> noticed 2 things
> Smokes when I get on it hard Smokes worse after I coast a couple of
hundred
> yards
>
> Is this a valve guide problem?
> Tommy
> 70B
> 67 Sprite
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