[Spridgets] Holy Smokes!

[David Riker]

What he said.  I've taken off the valve cover oil cap and watched heads fill 
up.
David Riker


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Elliott" <pelliott at innercite.com>
To: "'Frank Clarici'" <spritenut at comcast.net>
Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:16 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Holy Smokes!


> I'll bet once it warms up it'll stop smoking..  The problem lies in the 
> oil
> drain off from the head. It's too slow and oil pools up around the valve
> guides and gets sucked into the cylinders.
>
> Couple of things you can do to address this..
> Re-bush the rocker assembly, oil gets to the top of the motor through the
> rocker assembly, if it's worn at all, too much oil will get by it and 
> pools
> up.
>
> Check both ends of the rocker shaft, both should be plugged, if not way 
> too
> much oil will pass onto the head.
>
> Make sure that the oil return paths from the head are clear and clean. I
> had one partially blocked by a cheap head gasket, when the oil was cold, 
> it
> would back up and the car would lay a smoke screen better then a Kennedy.
>
> Run thinner oil....
>
>
>
> Pat,