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WTF??? New exhaust, tune-up, and clouds of white smoke
10-15-2008, 05:41 PM
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Like pieces of charcoal. LOL, wtf is crank oil? ha, I dont know who you are, but I can totally see that being said. I liek your style streetassasin
10-15-2008, 06:15 PM
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yeah, if they looked like that, you need a ring job, might as well just do a basic rebuild. i.e.- hone cylinder walls(maybe bore if you have deep scratches or ring ridge), valve seals, piston rings, rod and main bearings. - oil pan seal, rear main seal, front cover and crankshaft seal, headgaskets, valve cover gaskets, water pump, and intake gaskets.
10-15-2008, 08:31 PM
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Are you ******* kidding me? The damn plugs were replaced at 94K miles. You mean to tell me the first owner fucked this car up that bad? How the **** do you do that to an engine? I mean the first owner put Edelbrock shorties and a system in it, that means he had some remote interest in performance and upgrades...you would think you would change the ******* oil and fluids correctly.
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So what? How much am I looking at? More than $3K?
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So what? How much am I looking at? More than $3K?
10-15-2008, 08:49 PM
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It definately sounds like you have a few rings seized into the piston groove. Go to your local GM dealer and buy you a couple bottles of top end cleaner. (they use id alot on cadillacs for the same issue) pull the #5 plug out and fill the cylinder through the spark plug hole with top end cleaner. It's some pretty potent stuff. Should break them loose though. I would let it sit over night and then spin the eng over to blow everything out. After you start the car it'ss smoke for a minute or two but whould go away after everything is burnt off.
10-15-2008, 10:15 PM
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It definately sounds like you have a few rings seized into the piston groove. Go to your local GM dealer and buy you a couple bottles of top end cleaner. (they use id alot on cadillacs for the same issue) pull the #5 plug out and fill the cylinder through the spark plug hole with top end cleaner. It's some pretty potent stuff. Should break them loose though. I would let it sit over night and then spin the eng over to blow everything out. After you start the car it'ss smoke for a minute or two but whould go away after everything is burnt off.
Also, and I am not sure if this is related...but on cylinder #5...spec the outside of the block right below the ignition coil mount site, there seems to be what appears...burnt oil. Any ideas?
