The smoke is white, but it's thin. I can't tell if it's blue-ish or not because I
can't really see it that well, because it's not that thick. My Mechanic told
me I was getting a little bit of blow-by, but he said it wasn't bad enough
to worry about yet. Well, given what you guys told me about my PCV, I'll
put that on the "fix" list. I did have my Valve cover gasket leaking, but I
had it replaced. This combined with the oil around my Crankcase beather,
I think I am getting compression in areas where it's not supposed to be.
Rebuild? yeah, right... like I've got that kind of money. I think I may be
leaking out of my oil pan gasket also. I'll make some phone calls. Thanks
for your help... hopefully I won't have to "Park it" =(
-mike d.
>>> Jack Hilton III <HEMI@charter.net> 11/12/98 09:11pm >>>
White smoke coming out of the tailpipe is from the rings going bad . This
would make some of the oil loss more understandable . If the rings were
going bad , you would also be allowing the compression to bypass the
piston
and pressurize the crankcase , thereby making the oil spit out of the
crankcase breather . This is commonly known as "blow-by" .
At any rate , it sounds like yuo are in dyer need of an engine rebuild .
At 05:36 PM 11/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
>okay ya'll, new problem.... this one is a biggie, so any help you guys
can
>give me would be greatly appreciated. I have an oil leak. It drips down
>onto the oil pan or maybe it is the oil pan... I dunno, but I've been
losing a
>lot of oil. Got my oil changed last SUnday and I just added 1.5 quarts
>today! I thought "man that must be a huge oil leak" Well, it's more than a
>leak. I discovered oil around my Crankcase breather today (actually,
>around where the breather goes into the valve cover) and there is oil
ON
>my Crankcase breather, also there is a small amount of white smoke
>coming out of my tail pipes when I give it ANY gas. AAAARRRGGHHH!!!!
>There seems to be oil everywhere! I wiped down all the spots where
>there was "fresh" oil, and I'm gonna' take it out to see if I get oil on
these
>areas again. I love my Dak, but it's really startin' to have problems.
>HELP!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
>-mike d.
>
>
W . Jack Hilton III
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