440 CI smoking???
440 CI smoking??? Hey all,
I just picked up a 02 zo6 with a 440ci ls2 long sleeve with ls7 heads. The engine has about 8k miles on it (I have receipts showing the miles). I noticed when I down shift a bunch of blue smoke comes out of the exhaust. I ran a compression test on it and i have 250-278psi. Do you think I could have bad rings? or could it be the funk PVC system they had hooked up? what should I check before I tear this engine down? The engine runs strong and the dyno sheets show 570rwhp but it smoke under vacuum conditions
Thanks
I just picked up a 02 zo6 with a 440ci ls2 long sleeve with ls7 heads. The engine has about 8k miles on it (I have receipts showing the miles). I noticed when I down shift a bunch of blue smoke comes out of the exhaust. I ran a compression test on it and i have 250-278psi. Do you think I could have bad rings? or could it be the funk PVC system they had hooked up? what should I check before I tear this engine down? The engine runs strong and the dyno sheets show 570rwhp but it smoke under vacuum conditions
Thanks
Valve seals? I would do a leak down test to ensure all is well with the heads. I had a 383 do the same thing a while back. I was crushed thinking it needed nother rebuild. Turned out the heads were the issue and no big deal. Good luck with it.
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Hey all,
I just picked up a 02 zo6 with a 440ci ls2 long sleeve with ls7 heads. The engine has about 8k miles on it (I have receipts showing the miles). I noticed when I down shift a bunch of blue smoke comes out of the exhaust. I ran a compression test on it and i have 250-278psi. Do you think I could have bad rings? or could it be the funk PVC system they had hooked up? what should I check before I tear this engine down? The engine runs strong and the dyno sheets show 570rwhp but it smoke under vacuum conditions
Thanks
I just picked up a 02 zo6 with a 440ci ls2 long sleeve with ls7 heads. The engine has about 8k miles on it (I have receipts showing the miles). I noticed when I down shift a bunch of blue smoke comes out of the exhaust. I ran a compression test on it and i have 250-278psi. Do you think I could have bad rings? or could it be the funk PVC system they had hooked up? what should I check before I tear this engine down? The engine runs strong and the dyno sheets show 570rwhp but it smoke under vacuum conditions
Thanks
If it still smokes when you go WOT from about a 60mph steady cruise speed, and you stay on the throttle and then the smoke slowly goes away as you CONTINUE accelerating....its bad valve seals.
I would say its NOT bad rings....because then you would smoke all the time under acceleration. The smoke trail wouldn't clear up as you accelerated.
I had bad valve seals and had the smoke trail when I went WOT, but then it would clear up in 2-3 seconds as I nstayed on it. Took the heads off had them rebuilt.....1-00% smoke free after that and my oil burn completely stopped. If it is bad valve seals...get ready to possibly have to clean some pistons. Look at mine below.........
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Mine didn't have idle problems when my valve seals went bad. The oil will only make it by the bad valve seals when you accelerate from a steady rpm. When you push the throttle down more it creates a low pressure in the cylinders and for that few seconds till it equalizes....that suction pulls oil through the bad seals from under the valve covers.
I guess if its a really bad leaky seal allot of oil could get sucked into one cylinder or more than one, causing a rough idle.
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I guess if its a really bad leaky seal allot of oil could get sucked into one cylinder or more than one, causing a rough idle.
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check the rocker arm bolts.
Most ported or after market heads have the rocker arm both threaded directly into the intake port. Remove the bolts, clean with a degreaser and put some sealant on the treads and reinstall.
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Most ported or after market heads have the rocker arm both threaded directly into the intake port. Remove the bolts, clean with a degreaser and put some sealant on the treads and reinstall.
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