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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 01:36 PM
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Car: 87 iroc
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rebuilt it, pcv smokes

i jsut put rebuilt my motor this winter and i put new rings , bearings, new valve guides, got a valve job done, new cam intake, heads, and when i pulled my pcv out of the valve cover, when i get on the gasu can see abit of smoke, even a fine bit jsut when its idling, i have only put less than 50 kilometres on it since hte rebuild! and my oil is withing the full range.


is it normal to smoke? i have liek no exhaust smoke i jsut get abit out of my pcv, it evne smoeks abit evne after i shut the motor off like 10 or 15 minutes later it slowly stops
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 01:42 PM
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Axle/Gears: 12B-3.73/9"-3.89
Sounds pretty normal.
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 02:28 PM
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Yep, it should be oil vapor.
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