Just finished getting this /6 installed in my truck. Now it smokes like a skeeter fogger.
It never seems to stop smoking. After driving for a little while it lightens up, but if you let it idle for any length of time it is bad, then it really blows when you take off. Running a steady speed it seems to be fine.
Now I am stumped with what to do. Valve seals? Guides? Oil ring?
It seems pretty consistent with smoke, all the plugs are coated and the compression is within 5psi in all cyl. Truck has plenty of power.
I wonder if those seal dried out in the 4 years that motor sat on the stand?
Well I guess I will start with the valve cover, pull it off and see what those seals look like.
Yes the motor was used, and I saw it run with no smoke before I got it. The head was just worked a few thousand miles before it was installed in the previous truck. I know the owner well.
Then today as I was backing out the driveway, the engine started dumping oil everywhere. Looking under the truck I see what looks to be a fitting missing a cap. It is in a tube of some sort that is coming out of the oil pump. Where the sending unit normally goes. I guess this cap blew off or wasn't secured when I had a aftermarket oil gauge installed a few weeks ago. Thinking I should just unscrew that tube and put a pipe plug in there.
Well I feel better, sometimes you just have to vent!
