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Re: blue smoke engine
Brother kitten #782977 September 29th 2021 1:32 pm
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I'm betting on rings. How many miles does it have?


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Yeah, that's my last guess... I'm burning about half quart of oil for 200 miles

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I'm burning 1/2 quart every 200 miles or so. The coolant leak is unnoticeable from anything besides seeing signs of it on a couple spark plugs

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My mechanic friend said it's possible to replace the head gaskets from underneath, by dropping the oil pan. From there he can replace the head gaskets and intake gaskets, and test the piston rings to see if they are the problem.

He is suggesting this for the purpose of saving money and labor from having to pull the whole engine out

What you guys think?

Re: blue smoke engine
Brother kitten #783041 September 30th 2021 4:43 pm
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Needs a ring job ....


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Re: blue smoke engine
Brother kitten #783093 October 01st 2021 12:35 pm
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The only reason I could see for dropping the oil pan would maybe be to remove the motor mounts and sit the engine down on your crossmember to give you a little more room when removing the heads, but I personally feel like if you were to go through all that trouble it would probably be a better idea to yank the motor and replace all the gaskets you could get to.

I'm still saying probably rings. Should try a compression test on the cylinders. If some are showing low, you could go on to a Wet Compression Test to further verify where the issue is.


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I'm getting 120 on all cylinders but one is at 135... Didn't do the wet test tho. All I know if puffin out CLOUDS of smoke everywhere I go is no bueno

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My Dodge 318 is 155-165psi on all cylinders for comparison. 120 is kinda low and would guess its ring related as well.


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Re: blue smoke engine
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Yep, with compression that low, I'm still placing my money on rings. The engines aren't too hard to swap if you have a shop and engine lift. My girls did mine when they were 14 & 15 under my supervision. Just takes a little time and patience. I'd yank that thing out and either swap in another, or go through her proper.


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