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my motor is smoking is it rings or seals?

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Old 02-18-2005, 03:49 PM
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Yup till I replaced them.
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Old 02-18-2005, 09:17 PM
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it smokes a bit on acceleration and deceleration runs clean on highway and at idle
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Old 02-18-2005, 10:01 PM
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throw some seals in the heads.. you can do it with the heads on the car..like about 1 hours to do..
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Old 02-20-2005, 08:33 PM
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do you have to pressure the heads up with air to hold the valves
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Old 02-20-2005, 08:54 PM
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how much pis should i get on a compression test out of a 93? thanks!
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Old 02-20-2005, 09:00 PM
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my 5.0 smokes alot when i dump the cluch and do a break stand, oops that a differnt kinda smoke...lol..if its valve guide seals it will smoke the most when you first fire it up after it has been sitting a while and on deacceleration
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Old 02-20-2005, 09:19 PM
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how much pis should i get on a compression test out of a 93? thanks!
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Old 02-20-2005, 10:05 PM
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blueish smoke could mean a miss
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Old 02-21-2005, 02:45 AM
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blueish smoke could mean a miss
i doubt that
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Old 02-21-2005, 03:00 AM
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blue smoke means your burning oil white smoke means watter, i would personly sujest new valve guide seals and if that dosent help then atleast you wont have to worrie about them for another 10 years or more
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