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Old Jul 16, 2017 | 12:43 PM
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So I just put in a fresh rebuilt ls6 with wiseco pistons and scat rods. Put 500 miles on with non synthetic oil. Get to the dyno dunk and after a few pulls I see oil out the breather and smoke out of it also. What do you guys think.
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Old Jul 16, 2017 | 03:46 PM
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Always break a motor in with conventional oil. What you have isn't looking good.
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Old Jul 16, 2017 | 06:11 PM
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He is; he said NON-synthetic oil. Right about the situation though....
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Do a compression/leak down test. What did you gap your rings to?
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I'm a fan of conventional oil as well if its a good one. You can google up all sorts of studies done on all of them. I would be more concerned on my machining and fitment specs in respect to piston to wall and rings. I don't like going back into a new build at 500 miles but I have done it just for piece of mind.
Might be somethin as simple as that type of breather and where it is. The breathers I have seen are away from the covers on the catch can.

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Smoke is normal, but can you give more info of "oil out the breather"?
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The oil is minimal and it is slighly getting less worse with every pull I make. The Tuner thought maybe the rings haven't seated yet. This is on a supercharged c5z. My oil pressure at idle is around 30 on a decent 80 degree day. But when oil heats up to 220 it drops to about 25psi. These pressures seem a little low. 10 30 weight.
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Originally Posted by moekluse
Do a compression/leak down test. What did you gap your rings to?
I did a compression test before the dyno. Pistons Positions are - 3.2cc and cranking compression was 150 across the board. Did a compression test after the dyno and it was the same. But my plugs were looking black on passenger side, but clean on driver side
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