markkingscraft
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Similar to Jake Gruber's m
Similar to Jake Gruber's message only on a rebuilt 318.
The engine was apparently rebuilt about 10 years ago and sat for that long before I put it back together this winter and just now - this week - fired it up in the moisture missle.
I am getting gargantuan blow by to the point that it's coming out the exhaust and when the engine shuts down it smokes for a good 15-20 minutes.
Cold compression tests tell me I only have 90 all the way along one bank and 100 all the way along the other bank.
Could the rings be sitting tight - perhaps seized - on the pistons?
Is this situation likely to improve with a few hours of running as the rings get lubed and hot?
Anyone with any experience with this problem in a "new" rebuild?
Thanks
Mark
Similar to Jake Gruber's message only on a rebuilt 318.
The engine was apparently rebuilt about 10 years ago and sat for that long before I put it back together this winter and just now - this week - fired it up in the moisture missle.
I am getting gargantuan blow by to the point that it's coming out the exhaust and when the engine shuts down it smokes for a good 15-20 minutes.
Cold compression tests tell me I only have 90 all the way along one bank and 100 all the way along the other bank.
Could the rings be sitting tight - perhaps seized - on the pistons?
Is this situation likely to improve with a few hours of running as the rings get lubed and hot?
Anyone with any experience with this problem in a "new" rebuild?
Thanks
Mark