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1. Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:29:31 +0100; Remember Blue smoke? - well I am still fretting about this problem. Driving yes, but fretting! One question, when I did the compression test I got 190 - 200 lbs / sq inch Now at sea level STP is 14.5; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01035.html (7,251 bytes)
2. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 07:41:19 -0700 (PDT); I have never heard of that computation for a compression ratio. But I do know that 13.8 to 1 would require a fuel octane of 104 or so. Compression ratio is the comparison of total volume of the area; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01036.html (8,655 bytes)
3. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:45:59 +0100; John, (and others) I know about the normal way of calculating compression ratios, and I know it takes a fair bit of carefull measurements to get anything like a corect measurement as I have done it t; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01043.html (9,825 bytes)
4. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:53:09 +0100; Thanks for useful suggestion. It is a 1275, recently rebuilt, rebored etc. I puzzle over this PCV valve thing. My car dosn't appear to have any sort of valve or diaphram as such. Just a hose from a; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01045.html (9,310 bytes)
5. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:32:21 -0400; Keep those suggestions coming. Miss Marple is down due to oil consumption. I'm sort of there too. The Midget engine is getting much worse. ( It had been getting 'better'. ) I may pull it out and put; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01047.html (8,973 bytes)
6. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:44:04 -0700 (PDT); -- Guy Weller <guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk> No. Because the air heats up as it is compressed, your reading will be higher. You can't use P2/P1, you have to use compressible air equations - Prati; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01052.html (8,512 bytes)
7. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 18:46:06 EDT; Robert: Sounds like it is rebuild time. Good thing you have the other engine to keep you running while you work over this engine. --David C.; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01053.html (8,125 bytes)
8. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 01:35:30 +0100; Thanks Ron, OK, I see that my theorising is too simple and that 200 # dosn't mean a CR of 13.8! However, I still got blue smoke, and it seems to be getting worse! So, if CR is good, and equal across; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01063.html (8,704 bytes)
9. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 20:36:14 -0400; Valve guides. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ Lots of Sprites http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01064.html (8,951 bytes)
10. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:52:07 -0700; Or perhaps more specifically, valve guide seals, or lack thereof. The little bitty o-rings on the stems don't cut it. Paul A; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01067.html (9,429 bytes)
11. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 02:20:59 +0100; Cylinder head is a re-conditioned one supplied for use with lead-free petrol, recently fitted. Blue smoke problem existed before I swapped heads (!!) but.... I am thinking that this head was supplied; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01070.html (10,605 bytes)
12. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 02:31:18 +0100; I "hear" this suggestion, but I need to eliminate other ideas before I start to strip down to check this out!. I don't want to start disturbing things there unless I am pretty sure that's where the; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01071.html (8,787 bytes)
13. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 03:04:45 +0100; 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 from?) the it's obvious all is; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01076.html (9,516 bytes)
14. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 20:29:10 -0500; 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 m; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01082.html (9,094 bytes)
15. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 23:11:03 EDT; Good night John boy!; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01091.html (7,670 bytes)
16. Fw: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 23:28:11 -0400; I realize that this one is elementary but are you certain that the oil return drain passages are clear? If they are not, the oil will pool on top of the head and usually run down past the valve seals; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01095.html (8,347 bytes)
17. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:08:38 +0100; How about "oil seals pushed up away from the valve guide"? Happened to me once when I used guides without the groove in them to retain the seal. Stripped the head before realising that I could've jus; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01219.html (8,324 bytes)
18. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 23:30:18 +0100; I checked this out as you suggested (I like the logic of checking the free things that are easy to get at first!!) Sure enough, lots of oil, I mean lots and lots of oil! I had left the cork gasket o; /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01225.html (8,951 bytes)
19. Re: Remember Blue smoke? (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:31:45 -0500; -- So am I! Well done Crash. Hadn't seen it that bad, I guess. Good work! Peter C (still larnin'); /html/spridgets/2001-07/msg01226.html (7,585 bytes)

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