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- From: me@a81 (A.A. (Tony) Briggs)
- Subject: Oil usage in rebuilt engine
- Organization: MOTOROLA
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 05:03:08 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.050308.3548@schbbs.mot.com>
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- Recently I helped a brother rebuild/install a 1971 Volvo B2000 4-cyl
- engine. He used all new OEM parts, replacing almost all of the internals.
- We believe the machine work was done properly (rebore/hone, turn crank,
- valve guides, etc.) and appropriately sized new bearings were used. The
- engine has about 1000 miles on it now, and it runs well, but one thing
- bothers me ...
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- When he shifts (and ONLY then, thusfar) he gets a brief burst of white
- "oil burner" exhaust. That never happened with an equivalent engine I'd
- built for another car. I understand, of course, that it takes a while for
- everything to seat properly, but is seating the problem? Or is the problem
- more likely in improperly installed valve stem seals, or in improperly
- sized valve guides? The guides might not have been new. Since some auto
- machinists choose to rebuild/ream old guides, and I don't know what
- brother's machinist did in this case.
-
- Question is, anything else I might consider a more likely problem area? Or
- am I simply worrying prematurely?
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