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GRANT !!!
24-05-07, 08:51 PM
hi people please help
my nova van is smoking blue, not when under load but when i change gear !!!!!!!!
do you think it would be the stem seals or the ring's ????????
p.s i need to drive a 300 mile round trip to the pvs!!!\
thanks Grant
Id guess rings, stem seals tend to start off by only smoking on startup (due to oil leaking into cylinders overnight).
If its suddenly started happening, its probably the rings unfortunately.
Is it a td?
Trust you to ask the important question!!!
lol
bottlethroddy knows blue smoke well
GRANT !!!
24-05-07, 11:21 PM
its a t'40 d sport head and 1.4 bottom end !!!! it did smoke on start up!!! i've just changed the bottom end! :cry: :cry: :cry:
it pull's hard !!!!!! so that won't be the rings????
Sounds like stem seals then.
Does it go it under high vacuum(i.e. overrun)
its a t'40 d sport head and 1.4 bottom end !!!! it did smoke on start up!!! i've just changed the bottom end! :cry: :cry: :cry:
it pull's hard !!!!!! so that won't be the rings????
I did say stem seals will smoke on startup at first.
As they get more worn they will begint o let oil in under normal running conditions, so get them changed (its not a hugely bad job TBH)
craig green
25-05-07, 04:42 PM
Be OK for the trip though I should imagine.
I guess you want your mind put at rest? My old 85 B reg 1.2L used to use about a pint of Castrol a week via the stem seals. (good ole days)
GRANT !!!
28-05-07, 11:05 AM
thanks lads
its has put my mine at rest its been one of those weeks :eek:
i've orbered new rings anyway i'm going to do the lot just to be sure!!! she shifts well comes on cam at 3000 right up to 7000 and loves it!!!!lol lol
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