>Brian Hollands
> Was the bottom end looked at? I had piston slap occurring in my engine that
> I had originally thought was a valve train noise. It would smoke a bit and
> idle rough too. All a result of the rings not sealing very well. You may
> want to put a vacuum gauge on it. My car only made about 13" of vacuum with
> an A cam.
I'd think that you'd be increasing the possibility of pulling oil past the
valve stem seals into the cylinders on an longish downhill, if you're using
engine breaking at all.
How long has it been since the stem seals were replaced?
Ron
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