[Shotimes] Lets play a game what happened to my 3.0

[Bruce Malachuk]

I'm torn between 2 posibilites.

First I'll side with Ron P. on the missing or nearly gone valve seal, my 3.2
engine that is going into my car had 4 valve seals that were virtually gone,
like all that was left was the garter spring part and the metal part that
goes onto the valve guide. They were all also on the exhaust side of things.
Though this engine didn't seem to have plumes of smoke ever. If your's are
leaking down the exhaust valves that could be where the smoke is coming from
without really affecting power much if at all.

Second I'd have to go with some stuck rings. I wouldn't say fried, just
stuck and letting to much oil into the mix. I think Paul Nimz had some
really gummed up rings on his car with horrible oil consumption, made it
much better with Auto-Rx.


Bruce J Malachuk

*	94 Opal Frost MTX 
*	93 Emerald Green MTX 
*	93 Black ATX - parts 
*	95 Silver Frost ATX SE - SLO 


-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Ron Porter
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 3:10 PM
To: 'Mark Mucher'; 'SHO'
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Lets play a game what happened to my 3.0

Not sure I buy the "fried motor" deal. The rad went while the other stuff
was happening, and the car still runs strong. Excessive heat could have
coaxed the seals a bit. If rings were gone, other noises & power loss should
be present.

Only other thing would be a blown head gasket that only is pumping oil into
a cylinder.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Mark Mucher
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 2:22 PM
To: 'SHO'
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Lets play a game what happened to my 3.0


Ron,

Good guess!

Could that be caused by the motor being fried?

Mark
 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Ron Porter
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 2:15 PM
To: 'DAVE'; 'SHO'
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Lets play a game what happened to my 3.0

Disintegrated valve seal(s)?

Ron Porter

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From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of DAVE
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 12:47 PM
To: SHO
Subject: [Shotimes] Lets play a game what happened to my 3.0


Ok lets see if someone can figure out exactly what happened to this thing
before I pull it out and tear it down. 
Started out puffing small amounts of smoke at start up. Then gradually got
worse when I was in the throttle and pushed the clutch pedal it would do the
James Bond smoke screen. Well not that bad but you get the picture. Was
using no oil orginally. then the wife took it in and had it changed at a
quaker state quick lube and it started using oil at the rate of a quart
every 1500 miles. Then I got it back on the MaxLife and it started getting
worse. Now it's a quart every 800 miles.And this week it's just puffing
smoke at idle and rolling out at throttle. it's a bluish whitish smoke and
smells like burnt oil.
 During this whole debacle. from Feb to Now the radiator blew on me.
Emergency situation. and two hours for a tow truck and 9 miles to home. I
tossed a bottle of bars leak in it and crossed my fingers got it home.
Replaced the waterpump T-Stat. Radiator. flushed the cooling system. Filled
with dexcool. and the coolant is now a nice shade of brown. 
The really strange thing is the car runs perfectly fine pulls like a freakin
freight train. no hesisitation and the temp does not come out of the L on
Normal. 
You know if someone diagnoses this right I'd be willing to pop for a set of
Fitz badges for them.
Dave

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