Tony,
As I understand (not being engine experienced at all), blue smoke is
oil.
A blown head gasket means water gets into cylinders and becomes steam (ie.,
white smoke). You should have seen the white smoke screen down the road
when I blew a head gasket on my Caravan. Just like out of the WWII
movies... Boy, was I embarrassed.
Rings?, valves? is my guess. Let's see what the knowledgeable ones say.
Bill
'76B
At 11:13 PM 8/28/2002 +1000, you wrote:
>My wifes 65MGB is running like a tractor, power is down, and it blows blue
>smoke, especially when idling and as you rev to pull away. It is not
>burning a lot of oil, and there are no other unusual mechanical noises,
>other than the sound of rough running (which could be, to be honest, hiding
>subtle noises). My first thought was a blown head gasket, but there is no
>water getting into the oil (oil is still black, not creamy). Could it still
>be a head gasket, or am I missing something else?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tony Sheehan.
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