OK,
Thanks friends,
Keep the ideas coming and I will check them out in the morning.
Its 3.00 am here in the UK and I need to go get some sleep!
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From "Peter C." <nosimport at mailbag.com>
To: "Guy Weller" <guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk>; "Ron Soave"
<soavero@yahoo.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: 25 July 2001 02:29
Subject: Re: Remember Blue smoke?
> OK, I'm sitting here sucking on a LITE beer (where did that come
from?)
> waiting for some stuff to get clean, so I may have lost the thread
> (apologies Jay). If'n I remember what my old mentor taught me.... if
the
> blue smoke shows on deceleration, it's guides... on acceleration
it's
> rings. On first start or when idling, likely guides, or the usually
> non-existant seals. So, watch what happens when you get off the gas
> suddenly. The above assumes that you've checked the PCV, etc. for
obvious
> fault. Ooooops, the bell dinged. Back to work. (not to worry Jeff,
all is
> well.)
> Not ED.... but practicing.
> ====
> At 07:35 PM 7/24/2001, Guy Weller wrote:
> >Thanks Ron,
> >However, I still got blue smoke, and it seems to be getting worse!
> >
> >So, if CR is good, and equal across 4 cylinders, then the rings are
> >bedded in properly.
> >To me that leaves the culprit as either:
> >a) oil ring problem
> >b) valve guides
> >c) PCV problem
> >d) something else, but what???
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