[Shotimes] Re: Compression Test Results

[Scot Hewitt]

Kevin,

Check the oil pressure switch on the back of the block, up under the rear manifold.  I have seen that thing go bad and leak, and it only leaks when the motor is running.  $10 dollars last time I needed one.

Scot H
95 Red MTX - 72k

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Leigh Smith" <leighsm@comcast.net>
Date:  Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:46:33 -0400

>Kevin;
>Brown smoke is from an over-rich situation. If you ever watch old Hawaai
>Five-O shows, those old big-block Galaxies from the sixties would pour out
>black smoke when floored!
>Oil burns blue or bluish-white. A little oil makes a lot of smoke. If you
>were burning enough to go thru a quart in 750 miles, you would have a blue
>smoke screen following you around most of the time. (I had one of those
>once). I still vote for an oil leak. On the SHO some of them are hard to
>find., especially when the oil drips on the cats.
>Lee
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Kevin Galuska" <whitegen1sho@hotmail.com>
>To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>; <TechSHO@topica.com>
>Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 8:42 AM
>Subject: [Shotimes] Re: Compression Test Results
>
>
>> Here is the video that started me trying to figure out what is going on. I
>> was doing a before and after exaust sound test with aftermarket y-pipes.
>> This is the before video with the stock ypipe because I never did the
>after
>> video due to the "cloud". Turn your sound on.
>> www.monmouth.com/~kgaluska/video/exaustbefore.avi
>> If you dont have sound for some reason that cloud appeared around 4 grand
>> and not on startup. It appears to be brown in color. Does this shead any
>> light on my situation.
>> Thanks for the help,
>> Kevin
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