Guest vt39 Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I guess I am the one with the "problem"... the car appears to like smoking. We are new to this car and we know very little about it's history. We do know its been sitting for 10+ years. We dropped the pan and removed about 2 qts of sludge, Put in fresh oil, plugs, etc.... Car smokes badly and its definitely oil burning... Overall the car is extremely solid, someone clearly started a resto, I would have assumed they did work on the engine too based on the great shape of everything under the hood. Seems like maybe not based on compression tests... between 60-100psi depending on the cylinder. Any clever last resort tips to help solve... before we yank the motor out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Engle Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 With that much compression valiance between cylinders, I would think you may have some rings frozen to the pistons. Remove the plugs and look for the cylinders with oily fouled plugs are they the ones with low compression? liberally apply Marvel Mystery or your favorite oil additive in those cylinders and drive the car at short intervals of high speed. Give it some time to see if it is improving. Before pulling the engine, Pull the head and look for a ridge at the top of the cylinders. No ridge would mean that the engine was probably rebuilt. You can mike the bores and see if there is a taper from top to bottom. These checks will help you decide on pulling the engine. I would only pull the engine if I had to do bearing work or bore the cylinders.Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vt39 Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Thanks! We've got her currently soaking in Mystery Oil now.... fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Phillips Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Is the fuel pump and wiper motor functioning properly? I have heard of oil being sucked into the combustion chamber because of a bad diaphragm although I don't understand how that happens well enough to explain it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenz38 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 The Motor can stay in the bay for pulling the piston -rod combo out.drop the pan,loosen the rods and pusch it upstairs out . Of course without the head :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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