Originally Posted by
mikedinthecity
wondering if n e 1 knows what i should expect out of this engine. i got it and the charger (This is known as the ALTERNATOR) was unhooked due to a idler pully gone..and the belt gone. i drove it about 75 miles, (Driving a vehicle with no alternator drains the battery, as the battery drain there is less power available to run the on board systems to their capacity, possibly the reason for some of the drivability problems that you have) i knew from the git go that it had no compression in the number 4 cyl. (How do you know this?) i thought valve at first...then im thinking, a valve wont really cause the blue smoke coming out the back. (Yes it can, and will on 2 conditions, 1 if the valve is broke in a way that it is bent, then most likely the valve guide and seal have been damaged as well causing oil to seep/leak past and be burned causing the blue smoke. 2 if the valve hit the piston it could have cracked it some causing oil to enter the combustion chamber also causing blue smoke.) its not terrible...but it does burn oil. so now im thinking piston. (This is the least likely cause) i am pretty sure she overheated it and it needs at least head gaskets and everything above it lol. (Headgaskets could and would cause oil burning, check the oil and oil cap for moisture. That would indicate coolant in the oil) but i want to be prepared for wat it actually maybe, ive had people say it could be intake gaskets....far fetched (If the intake gaskets are stock they probably are bad, causing coolant to leak into the intake, but will not burn blue)....cracked head....yea.... anyone experience this, i mean the car didn't drive bad just a miss, no noises.... i kno there is a lot of vacuum when i take the oil cap off. it feels like it is blowing, but when u put the cap close it sucks it right to it.....(It doesn't make sense that with the cap off you feel "blowing" but then feel it suck the cap back when you put it on. Is the an intermittent or pulsating puffing of air out of the oil cap opening? If so, that supports a blown headgasket.)
06-05-2009
