Oil usage caused by rich idle after cam?
11-18-2003, 08:19 PM
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Oil usage caused by rich idle after cam? Been having hot restart problems after the cam swap and the car is very rich on hot restarts. It will stumble and smoke. Been checking over the past couple of days and the car has started using some oil. Haven't been beating on it since checked last. Pulled the plugs and they were very dark on one side. Will the extra unburned fuel wash the cylinders and cause the motor to use oil? Also, after the tuning is better will the car stop using oil? I'm so frustrated with the car at this point. Thanks!
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11-18-2003, 09:02 PM
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"Will the extra unburned fuel wash the cylinders and cause the motor to use oil?"
Yes it will cause burning and worse, it will cause cylinder wall scoring. Fix it ASAP.
Yes it will cause burning and worse, it will cause cylinder wall scoring. Fix it ASAP.
11-18-2003, 10:47 PM
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"Will the extra unburned fuel wash the cylinders and cause the motor to use oil?"
Yes it will cause burning and worse, it will cause cylinder wall scoring. Fix it ASAP.
Yes it will cause burning and worse, it will cause cylinder wall scoring. Fix it ASAP.
Thats the reason for tuning after Cam installs.
11-19-2003, 09:14 AM
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Heading over today to let Diablo tune the car. Only thing we won't be able to adjust is VE as they don't have the softward available yet, but all other fields will be adjusted and raise the idle up to around 900 to try to help with hot restarts, which is where the car smokes. Thanks guys.
