Here's my experience - if it smokes under hard
acceleration (typically indicates worn rings/bores),
or on the over-run (valve guides).
You seem to have some of both. But you have got
respectable compression as well.
John Holliday
--- Tommy_Samuels@markivauto.com wrote:
> I've been driving the Sprite as much as possible
> since getting it back on the
> road
> I've gotten the timing, points, valve carb and carbs
> adjusted correctly -
> FINALLY
> It smoke a little - bluish - oil smoke
> Ran it yesterday and pulled the plugs when I got
> home and did a compression
> check
> #1, light brown plug tip, 135 - 140 psi
> #2, slightly sooty plug tip, 145 - 150 psi
> #3 light brown plug tip, 145 - 150 psi
> #4 light brown plug tip, 140 - 140 psi
>
> noticed 2 things
> Smokes when I get on it hard Smokes worse after I
> coast a couple of hundred
> yards
>
> Is this a valve guide problem?
> Tommy
> 70B
> 67 Sprite
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