Burning oil......
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Burning oil......
Here's the deal (89 formula 350):
idling i smell oil burning
i burn about 1quart of oil every 750-1000 miles
smoke on startup.
Is this just from worn valve seals?
i think thats the cause of all this, I just want to double check with people who arent newbies like me
idling i smell oil burning
i burn about 1quart of oil every 750-1000 miles
smoke on startup.
Is this just from worn valve seals?
i think thats the cause of all this, I just want to double check with people who arent newbies like me
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From: Littleton, CO USA
Car: 82 Berlinetta/57 Bel Air
Engine: L92/LQ4 (both w/4" stroke)
Transmission: 4L80E/4L80E
Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
Most likely. "Hardened" would be a better word than "worn". Was on my 123k 305 - same symptoms.
Could be rings, too, though.
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82 Berlinetta, orig V-6 car, now w/86 LG4/TH700R. 2.93 limited slip. Cat-back from '91 GTA, Accel HEI SuperCoil. AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Daily driver, work-in-progress (LG4 w/LB9 block, ZZ3 cam and intake, TBD heads ported & polished, Hooker headers & y-pipe, 3" Catco cat).
57 Bel Air, my 1st car. 0.030 over 396, Weiand Action+, Edelbrock 1901 Q-Jet, Jacobs Omnipack, 1-3/4" headers, TH400 w/TCI Sat Night Special conv & Trans-Scat shift kit, 3.08 8.2" 10-bolt w/Powertrax, AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Best 15.1 @ 5800' Bandimere. Daily driver while Camaro was being put together.
Could be rings, too, though.
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82 Berlinetta, orig V-6 car, now w/86 LG4/TH700R. 2.93 limited slip. Cat-back from '91 GTA, Accel HEI SuperCoil. AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Daily driver, work-in-progress (LG4 w/LB9 block, ZZ3 cam and intake, TBD heads ported & polished, Hooker headers & y-pipe, 3" Catco cat).
57 Bel Air, my 1st car. 0.030 over 396, Weiand Action+, Edelbrock 1901 Q-Jet, Jacobs Omnipack, 1-3/4" headers, TH400 w/TCI Sat Night Special conv & Trans-Scat shift kit, 3.08 8.2" 10-bolt w/Powertrax, AMSOIL syn lubes bumper-to-bumper. Best 15.1 @ 5800' Bandimere. Daily driver while Camaro was being put together.
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From: Lucky Town USA
If you are burning oil at idle check out your oil return journals located at the front and back of your head. To do this just pop off your valve covers and take a look for sludge build up. The holes are pretty small, about a 1/2 inch in diameter if that. You may need to clean everything out/off before you see them.
This is the situation I had when I purchased my bird. The car would smoke really bad the longer it sat at idle, like in a drive through line at Taco Bell. The guy I bought it from thought the rings were bad so I got it for a steal.
What happens is all that $hit blocks the oil from circulating back to the pan. It pools up on top of the head and the only place for it to go is down the valve. Hence, smoke.
What I did was take a hand gun cleaning kit with the wire bristle end used for the barrel and "honed" the journals clean. It works!
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89 Formula 305 TBI
160* stat, 200* fan switch, K&N, Headers, 3in Flowmaster (hollow cat) back, pullies, 1.6 full roller rockers, B&M trans cooler, home-made ram-air
3.73 Richmond gears and SLP Zexel Torsen Posi (waiting for install)
This is the situation I had when I purchased my bird. The car would smoke really bad the longer it sat at idle, like in a drive through line at Taco Bell. The guy I bought it from thought the rings were bad so I got it for a steal.
What happens is all that $hit blocks the oil from circulating back to the pan. It pools up on top of the head and the only place for it to go is down the valve. Hence, smoke.
What I did was take a hand gun cleaning kit with the wire bristle end used for the barrel and "honed" the journals clean. It works!
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89 Formula 305 TBI
160* stat, 200* fan switch, K&N, Headers, 3in Flowmaster (hollow cat) back, pullies, 1.6 full roller rockers, B&M trans cooler, home-made ram-air
3.73 Richmond gears and SLP Zexel Torsen Posi (waiting for install)
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