motor rebuild

[rocco16v at netzero.net (L F)]

No racing on public byways!!
No...none...nada.
Bad.  Bad-bad-bad.

Larry
:)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: der flo 
  To: jdbubb@ix.netcom.com 
  Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 5:41 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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